| 1. |  € 135,00 | EAN-13: 9782503532080 D. Rollason
England and the Continent in the Tenth Century. Studies in Honour of Wilhelm Levison (1876-1947)
| Edizione: | Brepols Publishers, 2011 | | Collana: | Studies in the Early Middle Ages |
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Dedicated as a memorial to the great historian of England and
the Continent in the eighth century, Wilhelm Levison, this book
provides the widest and most in-depth exploration to date of
relations between England and the Continent during an equally
crucial period, the tenth century. The volume, which comes out of a
sustained collaboration between English and Continental
universities, contains thematically arranged essays by established
leading specialists and also by younger scholars. By building on
the approaches used by Levison as well as other methods that have
been developed in the decades since his death, these essays tackle
a broad range of questions: What routeways and modes of contact
linked England with the Continent How similar were attitudes to
rulership and dynastic strategies How did the law, the working of
government, and the organization and culture of the church differ
between England and the Continent How was the past seen and
represented on the two sides of the English Channel In answering
these questions, this volume offers news ways of exploring the
links and developing the comparison between England and the
Continent in the century after the collapse of the Carolingian
Empire, a formative period for the development of Europe.
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Peace and Protection in the Middle Ages. Edited by T.B. Lambert and David Rollason
| Edizione: | Brepols Publishers, 2009 | | Collana: | Durham Medieval and Renaissance Monographs and Essays |
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That kings, prelates and even lowly freemen were, under certain
specified conditions, capable of offering protection or
peace to others, usually their inferiors, is
relatively well known. That a breach of this protection might
entitle, or indeed oblige, the protector to take action against the
violator is similarly well understood. However, this protective
dynamic has rarely received direct scholarly attention, despite its
being evident in an extraordinary range of contexts. The emotional
aspects of protection the honour and love associated with
the bond it creates, and the shame and anger that accompany its
breach resonate in both heroic and chivalric ideals, whilst
in legal fiction at least, the kings protection or peace
would come to underpin the common law of trespass. Such a broad
sweep, taking in social, legal, religious and cultural elements,
suggests that protection as a concept may have a wider significance
than its marginal role in current historiography would indicate.
Indeed, the influence of protection both in forming social bonds
and in providing a framework for the legitimate use of force
suggests that the concept could serve as a valuable counterpoint to
more traditional institutional understandings of
power. This book explores peace and protection as a fundamental
motor of medieval society, across a broad geographical and
chronological span; brings together literary, legal and historical
studies making use of a wide range of approaches; and focuses
scholarly attention as never before on the concept of peace and
protection viewed in relation to kingsand lords, charity and mercy,
and the action of feud and vendetta.
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