Killing and Being Killed: Bodies in Battle: Perspectives on Fighters in the Middle Ages
What bodily experiences did fighters make through their lifetime and especially in violent conflicts? How were the bodies of fighters trained, nourished, and prepared for combat? How did they respond to wounds, torture and the ubiquitous risk of death?
The articles present examples of body techniques of fighters and their perception throughout the Middle Ages. The geographical scope ranges from the Anglo—Scottish borderlands over Central Europe up to the Mediterranean World. This larger framework enables the reader to trace the similarities and differences of the cultural practice of "Killing and Being Killed" in various contexts.
Contributions by Iain MacInnes, Alastair J. Macdonald, Bogdan—Petru Maleon, and others.
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Killing and Being Killed: Bodies in Battle: Perspectives on Fighters in the Middle Ages
What bodily experiences did fighters make through their lifetime and especially in violent conflicts? How were the bodies of fighters trained, nourished, and prepared for combat? How did they respond to wounds, torture and the ubiquitous risk of death?
The articles present examples of body techniques of fighters and their perception throughout the Middle Ages. The geographical scope ranges from the Anglo—Scottish borderlands over Central Europe up to the Mediterranean World. This larger framework enables the reader to trace the similarities and differences of the cultural practice of "Killing and Being Killed" in various contexts.
Contributions by Iain MacInnes, Alastair J. Macdonald, Bogdan—Petru Maleon, and others.
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Killing and Being Killed: Bodies in Battle: Perspectives on Fighters in the Middle Ages

Killing and Being Killed: Bodies in Battle: Perspectives on Fighters in the Middle Ages

Killing and Being Killed: Bodies in Battle: Perspectives on Fighters in the Middle Ages

Killing and Being Killed: Bodies in Battle: Perspectives on Fighters in the Middle Ages

Overview

What bodily experiences did fighters make through their lifetime and especially in violent conflicts? How were the bodies of fighters trained, nourished, and prepared for combat? How did they respond to wounds, torture and the ubiquitous risk of death?
The articles present examples of body techniques of fighters and their perception throughout the Middle Ages. The geographical scope ranges from the Anglo—Scottish borderlands over Central Europe up to the Mediterranean World. This larger framework enables the reader to trace the similarities and differences of the cultural practice of "Killing and Being Killed" in various contexts.
Contributions by Iain MacInnes, Alastair J. Macdonald, Bogdan—Petru Maleon, and others.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783837637830
Publication date: 01/27/2017
Series: Mainz Historical Cultural Sciences
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Jörg Rogge is Professor of History, Middle Ages, at the University of Mainz, Germany. He is also spokesperson of the Research Unit Historical Cultural Sciences, Mainz. His research interests are methods and theory of cultural historical sciences, and social and cultural history of late medieval Europe.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

Killed and Being Killed. Perspectives on Bodies in Battle in the Middle Ages - an Introduction Jörg Rogge 9

"The Goths Drew their Swords Together". Individual and Collective Acts of Violence by Gothic Warlords and their War Bands Guido M. Berndt 15

The Torture of Bodies in Byzantium After the Riots (Sec. IV-VIII) Bogdan-Petru Maleon 43

"One man slashes, one slays, one warns, one wounds". Injury and Death In Anglo-Scottish Combat, c.1296-c.1403 Iain MacInnes 61

Willing Body, Willing Mind: Non-Combatant Culpability According to English Combatant Writers 1327-77 Trevor Russell Smith 79

Body Techniques of Combat: The Depiction of a Personal Fighting System in the Fight Books of Hans Talhofer (1443-1467 CE) Eric Burkart 109

Six Weeks to Prepare for Combat: Instruction and Practices from the Fight Books at the End of the Middle Ages, a Note on Ritualised Single Combats Daniel Jaquet 131

The Body of the Condottiero. A Link Between Physical Pain and Military Virtue as it was Interpreted in Renaissance Italy Guilia Morosini 165

Two Kinds of War? Brutality and Atrocity in Later Medieval Scotland Alastair J. Macdonald 199

Logistics and Food Supply in the Crònica of Ramon Muntaner Judith Mengler 231

Summary and Conclusions: Silent Men and the Art of Fighting Dominik Schuh 251

Contributors 267

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