War and Peace

Critical Issues in European Societies and Literature 800-1800
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-11-026807-2
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 646 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1114 g

Reihe: Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture

The contributors to the present volume examine, from a wide variety of perspectives, the issues of war and peace in the Middle Ages and early modern time, probing the direction of the relevant discourse regarding the legitimacy and justification of military operations. Because man is a deeply aggressive and greedy creature, wars have been waged throughout times. Nevertheless, we can identify many voices in medieval literature, theology, philosophy, and in chronicle literature that questioned the validity and effectiveness of war, while many others argued for the traditional knightly ideals or called for crusades against the infidels. Those heroes who defend a people against an evil threat enjoyed profound respect, but there were also those figures calling for peace and the end of all fighting. As this volume demonstrates, war and peace have fundamentally determined medieval and early modern culture.

Zielgruppe

Academics (Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, History), Librarie

Autoren/Hrsg.

Margolis, Nadia

Classen, Albrecht

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona, Tuscon, USA; Nadia Margolis, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass., USA.