A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age
By (Author) Professor Walter Simons
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Academic
15th December 2023
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
European history: medieval period, middle ages
Peace studies and conflict resolution
303.660902
Physical Properties
Paperback
208
Width 168mm, Height 244mm, Spine 12mm
420g
Description
A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age explores peace from 800 to 1450. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace. A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the medieval era.
Author Bio
Walter Simons is Professor of History at Dartmouth College, USA. He is the author of Cities of Ladies: Beguine Communities in the Medieval Low Countries, 1200-1565 (2012) and several earlier books in Dutch and French. He is also the co-editor, with Miri Rubin, of The Cambridge History of Christianity, vol. IV: Christianity in Western Europe, c. 1100-c. 1500.
