Peacemaking and the Restraint of Violence in High Medieval Europe (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780367142568)

Simon Lebouteiller holds a PhD in Medieval History and taught History and Scandinavian Studies at the Universities of Oslo and Sorbonne. He is currently an Associate Professor of Old Norse and Icelandic Studies at the University of Caen, Normandy, and a member of the research centre ERLIS (蓂uipe de Recherche sur les Litt閞atures, les Imaginaires et les Soci閠閟). His research investigates peacemaking, rituals, political practices, and ideologies in medieval Scandinavia, as well as Norse historiography. He has also translated Icelandic sagas into French, such as Kn齮linga saga (La saga des rois de Danemark: Kn齮linga saga. Transl. Simon Lebouteiller. Toulouse: 2021).

Louisa Taylor is Lecturer in Medieval History at Aberystwyth University and Lecturer in History at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI). Her research explores elite culture and behaviour during conflict in high and late medieval Scandinavia, Iceland, England, Wales, and the Baltic region using comparative perspectives.