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Peace and protection in the Middle Ages / edited by T.B. Lambert and David Rollason.

Format Book and Print
Publication InfoDurham [England] : Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Durham University ; Toronto : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, ©2009.
Descriptionxi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorLambert, T. B. (Thomas Benedict), 1981-
Other author/creatorRollason, D. W. (David W.)
Other author/creatorPontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
Other author/creatorUniversity of Durham. Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Other author/creatorInternational Congress on Medieval Studies (2007 : Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Other author/creatorInternational Medieval Congress (2007 : Leeds, UK)
Series Durham medieval and Renaissance monographs and essays, 2041-2959 ; 1
Durham medieval and Renaissance monographs and essays ; 1. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Introduction : some approaches to peace and protection in the middle ages / T.B. Lambert -- Kingship, lordship and protection. Protection and the mead-hall / David Rollason ; Royal protection in Aquitaine and Gascony by c. 1000 : the public, the private, and the princely / Claire Taylor ; Protecting the body in early medieval law / Lisi Oliver ; Protection and immunity in later medieval England / Helen Lacey -- The peace of the church. Madness and responsibility in Anglo-Saxon England / Stefan Jurasinski ; Spiritual protection and secular power : the evolution of sanctuary and legal privilege in Ripon and Beverley, 900-1300 ; Charitable constraint : the sacred obligation of charity as a protective force in late medieval England -- Feud and protection. Protection, warranty, and vengeance in La chanson de Roland / stephen D. White ; Vengeance and mercy in chivalric Mentalité / Richard Kaeuper -- The ideology of vengeance in old Norse mythology.
General notePapers from the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo in 2007 and the International Medieval Congress at Leeds in 2007.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LanguageIncludes some text in Latin, Middle English, Middle French, and Old Norse.
LCCN 2009482434
ISBN9780888448606
ISBN0888448600

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