{"product_id":"vengeance-in-medieval-europe-a-reader-9781442601260","title":"Vengeance in Medieval Europe: A Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did medieval society deal with private justice, with grudges, and with violent emotions? This ground-breaking reader collects for the first time a number of unpublished or difficult-to-find texts that address violence and emotion in the Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sources collected here illustrate the power and reach of the language of vengeance in medieval European society. They span the early, high, and later middle ages, and capture a range of perspectives including legal sources, learned commentaries, narratives, and documents of practice. Though social elites necessarily figure prominently in all medieval sources, sources concerning relatively low-status individuals and sources pertaining to women are included. The sources range from saints' lives that illustrate the idea of vengeance to later medieval court records concerning vengeful practices. A secondary goal of the collection is to illustrate the prominence of mechanisms for peacemaking in medieval European society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe introduction traces recent scholarly developments in the study of vengeance and discusses the significance of these concepts for medieval political and social history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Lord Smail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442601260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Lord Smail \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of History at Harvard University. He is the co-editor with Thelma Fenster of \u003cem\u003eFama: The Politics of Talk and Reputation in Medieval Europe\u003c\/em\u003e (Cornell University Press, 2003), \u003cem\u003eThe Consumption of Justice: Emotions, Publicity, and Legal Culture in Marseille, 1264-1423\u003c\/em\u003e (Cornell University Press, 2003), and \u003cem\u003eImaginary Cartographies: Possession and Identity in Late Medieval Marseille\u003c\/em\u003e (Cornell University Press, 1999). \u003cb\u003eKelly Gibson \u003c\/b\u003eis a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Harvard University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44788697989235,"sku":"9781442601260","price":103.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_2dcb66ab-8733-4b6d-ad2d-f32bc3364ba3.jpg?v=1776371833","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/vengeance-in-medieval-europe-a-reader-9781442601260","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}