{"product_id":"vengeance-in-medieval-europe-daniel-lord-smail-9781442601260","title":"Vengeance in Medieval Europe: A Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did medieval society deal with private justice, with grudges, and with violent emotions? This ground-breaking reader collects for the first time a number of unpublished or difficult-to-find texts that address violence and emotion in the Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sources collected here illustrate the power and reach of the language of vengeance in medieval European society. They span the early, high, and later middle ages, and capture a range of perspectives including legal sources, learned commentaries, narratives, and documents of practice. Though social elites necessarily figure prominently in all medieval sources, sources concerning relatively low-status individuals and sources pertaining to women are included. The sources range from saints' lives that illustrate the idea of vengeance to later medieval court records concerning vengeful practices. A secondary goal of the collection is to illustrate the prominence of mechanisms for peacemaking in medieval European society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe introduction traces recent scholarly developments in the study of vengeance and discusses the significance of these concepts for medieval political and social history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Lord Smail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442601264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442601260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d","brand":"Daniel Lord Smail","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056997626111,"sku":"9781442601260","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_300fc0bd-cc75-4c56-afa0-5dbf3ab73c95.jpg?v=1685044441","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vengeance-in-medieval-europe-daniel-lord-smail-9781442601260","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}