Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 708 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781316661291
Serie:
Cambridge histories online
Inhalt:
Violence permeated much of social life across the vast geographical space of the European, American, Asian and Islamic lands and through the broad sweep of what is often termed the Middle Millennium (roughly 500 to 1500). Focusing on four contexts in which violence occurred across this huge area, the contributors to this volume explore the formation of centralised polities through war and conquest; institution building and ideological expression by these same polities; control of extensive trade networks; and the emergence and dominance of religious ecumenes. Attention is also given to the idea of how theories of violence are relevant to the specific historical circumstances discussed in the volume's chapters. A final section on the depiction of violence, both visual and literary, demonstrates the ubiquity of societal efforts to confront meanings of violence during this longue durée.
In:
Volume 2
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107156388
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Cambridge world history of violence ; Volume 2: 500-1500 CE Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2020 ISBN 9781107156388
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Gewalt
;
Geschichte 500-1500
DOI:
10.1017/9781316661291
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-world-history-of-violence/A66C0C42F41D137B4D221B6C375D645B
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Zurndorfer, Harriet Thelma 1946-
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