Thiery (medieval history, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York) analyzes the process by which Europeans were led away from their acceptance of violence as part of everyday life and taught to fear and
'A great effusion of blood' was a phrase used frequently throughout medieval Europe as shorthand to describe the effects of immoderate interpersonal violence. Yet the ambiguity of this phrase poses nu
Medievalists from several countries offer accounts of Medieval violence at is related to identity formation and the testament of the body, examining such topics as the murder of Pau de Sant Marti in 1