War Violence in the Pre-Modern World /
Physical violence lies at the core of war. This volume explores the diverse manifestations of violence in pre-modern societies, from the trophy heads of the pre-Hispanic Andes to the tactics of Mongol conquerors in Central Asia and the battlefields of medieval Europe. Adopting a global historical pe...
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History of Warfare ;
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| 505 | 0 | |t List of Illustrations / |r Editor: Lennart Gilhaus -- Part 1 Introduction / |r Editor: Lennart Gilhaus -- Chapter 1 War Violence in the Pre-Modern World and Ancient Greece: Preliminary Thoughts and Comparative Perspectives / |r Lennart Gilhaus -- Part 2 The European Middle Ages / |r Editor: Lennart Gilhaus -- Chapter 2 Feud, Governmental Authority, and the Balance of Power in the Conduct of War in Ottonian Germany / |r David S. Bachrach -- Chapter 3 Masculinity, Power, and Violence: Rudolf I and the Battle of Dürnkrut in Historiographical Sources / |r Hendrik Hess -- Chapter 4 Violence and Heroism in the Middle Ages / |r Martin Clauss -- Chapter 5 Justified? Norms of War and Narratives of Excessive Violence in the Middle Ages / |r Stefanie Rüther -- Part 3 Heian- and Kamakura-Japan / |r Editor: Lennart Gilhaus -- Chapter 6 Thugs and Thegns: Appraisals and Appropriations of Violence in Classical Japan / |r Karl F. Friday -- Chapter 7 Divine Wrath and Compassionate Killing / |r Daniel F. Schley -- Part 4 The Mongol Conquests in Asia during the Late Middle Ages / |r Editor: Lennart Gilhaus -- Chapter 8 Why Was the Mongol Conquest of Eastern Iran So Violent? / |r Beatrice Forbes Manz -- Chapter 9 From Raids to Conquests and a Punitive Campaign: Mardin, 12th-15th Centuries / |r Jürgen Paul -- Chapter 10 "Lest Your Justice Prove Violence": Contested Definitions of Violence in 16th-Century Mughal India / |r Ali Anooshahr -- Part 5 The Pre-Hispanic Andes / |r Editor: Lennart Gilhaus -- Chapter 11 Life Force Embodied: Trophy Heads as Organizers and Agents in Pre-Hispanic Andean Warfare / |r Beth K. Scaffidi -- Chapter 12 Relationships with Enemies: Extreme War Violence in the Andes in Cross-Cultural Context / |r Elizabeth Arkush -- Chapter 13 Trajectories of Masculine Violence in Juan de Betanzos' Suma y Narración de los Incas / |r R. Alan Covey -- Part 6 Epilogue / |r Editor: Lennart Gilhaus -- Chapter 14 Global Patterns of War Violence in the Pre-Modern World / |r Philip Dwyer -- Back Matter -- Index / |r Editor: Lennart Gilhaus. | |
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