War And Violence In The Anglo Saxon World

Author : Heinrich Harke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04
Category : Anglo-Saxons
ISBN : 0750927208

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War and Violence in the Anglo-Saxon World by Heinrich Harke Pdf

In this investigation of warfare and society in the Anglo-Saxon world, Heinrich Harke reconsiders the historical evidence and offers a fresh interpretation of the role of warriors and their way of life during the early medieval period. He puts the subject into a broad western and North European context and he draws on archaeological and documentary records of warfare to give graphic, thought-provoking insights into the Anglo-Saxon world in the centuries after the collapse of the Roman empire. His wide-ranging, illustrated account of this extraordinary, often misunderstood era should be of keen interest to everyone who is intrigued by ancient warfare, by the place of the warrior in society and by the Anglo-Saxons in particular.

Author : PAUL. HILL
Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1399077155

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The Anglo-Saxons at War by PAUL. HILL Pdf

In the time of the great Anglo-Saxon kings like Alfred and Athelstan, ®thelred and Edmund Ironside, what was warfare really like à how were the armies organized, how and why did they fight, how were the warriors armed and trained, and what was the Anglo-Saxon experience of war? As Paul Hill demonstrates in this compelling new study, documentary records and the growing body of archaeological evidence allows these questions to be answered with more authority than ever before. His broad, detailed and graphic account of the conduct of war in the Anglo-Saxon world in the unstable, violent centuries before the Norman Conquest will be illuminating reading for anyone who wants to learn about this key stage of medieval history. The role of violence and war in Anglo-Saxon society is explored, in particular the parts played by the king and the noblemen, and the means by which, in times of danger, the men of the fyrd were summoned to fight. The controversial subject of the Anglo-Saxon use of cavalry is also explored. Land and naval warfare are central sections of Paul HillÃ*s book, but he also covers the politics and diplomacy of warfare à the conduct of negotiations, the taking of hostages and the use of treachery. The weapons and armour of the Anglo-Saxons are described à the spears, the scramsaxes, axes, bows, swords, helmets, shields and mail that were employed in the close-quarter fighting of the day. Among the most valuable sections of the study are those dealing, in vivid detail, with actual experience of battle and siege à with the brutal reality of combat as it is revealed by campaigns against the Danes, in the battles of Ashdown, Maldon and Stamford Bridge, and sieges at Reading and Rochester.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004495357

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(Re)Constructing Cultures of Violence and Peace by Anonim Pdf

(Re)Constructing Cultures of Violence and Peace brings together eleven original essays that were presented at the Third Global Conference on Cultures of Violence held in August 2002 in Prague. Covering an array of violence-related subjects, and a range of methodologies—textual, historical, theoretical, quantitative—the resulting volume is a multifaceted exploration of how cultures of violence are constructed, and how they can be deconstructed and replaced with cultures of peace. In part one, the authors aim to map and describe some of the important cultures of violence in our modern world—interstate war, civil war, criminal punishment, religious conflict, hooliganism—as an initial step towards understanding violence as a cultural construction. Part two explores aspects of the (re)construction of culture of peace. Specifically, the challenges encountered in attempting to conceptualise, study, or transform cultures of violence are examined. A common theme throughout the book is that violence is a fluid social and cultural construct—it is made by individuals, groups, and social forces. The implications of this are more than simply ontological: if violence is made, it can also be unmade; if cultures of violence are socially and politically constructed, they can also be de-constructed.

Author : J. Boesten
Publisher : Springer
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137383457

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Sexual Violence during War and Peace by J. Boesten Pdf

Using the Peruvian internal armed conflict as a case study, this book examines wartime rape and how it reproduces and reinforces existing hierarchies. Jelke Boesten argues that effective responses to sexual violence in wartime are conditional upon profound changes in legal frameworks and practices, institutions, and society at large.

Author : Robert W. Thurston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000520682

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The Body in the Anglosphere, 1880–1920 by Robert W. Thurston Pdf

Focusing on the body in every chapter, this book examines the changing meanings and profound significance of the physical form among the Anglo-Saxons from 1880 to 1920. They formed an imaginary—but, in many ways, quite real—community that ruled much of the world. Among them, racism became more virulent. To probe the importance of the body, this book brings together for the first time the many areas in which the physical form was newly or more extensively featured, from photography through literature, frontier wars, violent sports, and the global circus. Sex, sexuality, concepts of gender including women’s possibilities in all areas of life, and the meanings of race and of civilization figured regularly in Anglo discussions. Black people challenged racism by presenting their own photos of respectable folk. As all this unfolded, Anglo men and women faced the problem of maintaining civilized control vs. the need to express uninhibited feeling. With these issues in mind, it is evident that the origins of today’s debates about race and gender lie in the late nineteenth century.

Author : Ludger Kühnhardt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319559049

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The Global Society and Its Enemies by Ludger Kühnhardt Pdf

This book discusses contemporary constellations of international politics and global transformation. It offers guidance on how to conceptualize the complexity of current global changes and practical policy advice in order to promote an open global society. In the light of today’s challenges, the author re-interprets the main argument of the philosopher Karl Popper in "The Open Society and Its Enemies". Based on this framework and new empirical evidence, the book discusses the thesis of an ongoing Third World War, triggered by fundamental deficits in nation-building, occurring primarily within states and not between them, and accelerated by asymmetric forms of warfare and Islamist totalitarianism.The book also explores various threats to the global order, such as the paradox of borders as barriers and bridges, the global effects of the youth bubble in many developing countries, and the misuse of religious interpretation for the use of political violence. Lastly, the author identifies advocates and supporters of a liberal, multilateral and open order and argues for a reinvention of the Western world to contribute to a revival of a liberal global order, based on mutual respect and joint leadership.

Author : Emile Chabal,Robert Tombs
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441130396

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Britain and France in Two World Wars by Emile Chabal,Robert Tombs Pdf

This collection examines relations between France and Britain, in particular their conflicting memories of key episodes in their recent past.

Author : Anders Andrén
Publisher : Nordic Academic Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789189116818

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Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives by Anders Andrén Pdf

The study of Old Norse Religion is a truly multidisciplinary and international field of research. The rituals, myths and narratives of pre-Christian Scandinavia are investigated and interpreted by archaeologists, historians, art historians, historians of religion as well as scholars of literature, onomastics and Scandinavian studies. For obvious reasons, these studies belong to the main curricula in Scandinavia but are also carried out at many other universities in Europe, the United States and Australia a fact that is evident to any reader of this book. In order to bring this broad and varied field of research together, an international conference on Old Norse religion was held in Lund in June 2004. About two hundred delegates from more than fifteen countries took part. The intention was to gather researchers to encourage and improve scholarly exchange and dialogue, and Old Norse religion in long-term perspectives presents a selection of the proceedings from that conference. The 75 contributions elucidate topics such as worldview and cosmology, ritual and religious practice, myth and memory as well as the reception and present-day use of Old Norse religion. The main editors of this volume have directed the multidisciplinary research project Roads to Midgard since 2000. The project is based at Lund University and funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation.

Author : Nicholas J. Higham,M. J. Ryan
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300195378

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The Anglo-Saxon World by Nicholas J. Higham,M. J. Ryan Pdf

The Anglo-Saxon period, stretching from the fifth to the late eleventh century, begins with the Roman retreat from the Western world and ends with the Norman takeover of England. Between these epochal events, many of the contours and patterns of English life that would endure for the next millennium were shaped. In this authoritative work, N. J. Higham and M. J. Ryan reexamine Anglo-Saxon England in the light of new research in disciplines as wide ranging as historical genetics, paleobotany, archaeology, literary studies, art history, and numismatics. The result is the definitive introduction to the Anglo-Saxon world, enhanced with a rich array of photographs, maps, genealogies, and other illustrations. The Anglo-Saxon period witnessed the birth of the English people, the establishment of Christianity, and the development of the English language. With an extraordinary cast of characters (Alfred the Great, the Venerable Bede, King Cnut), a long list of artistic and cultural achievements (Beowulf, the Sutton Hoo ship-burial finds, the Bayeux Tapestry), and multiple dramatic events (the Viking invasions, the Battle of Hastings), the Anglo-Saxon era lays legitimate claim to having been one of the most important in Western history.

Author : Sophie Body-Gendrot,Pieter Spierenburg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780387097053

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Violence in Europe by Sophie Body-Gendrot,Pieter Spierenburg Pdf

Author : Ryan Lavelle
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843837398

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Alfred's Wars by Ryan Lavelle Pdf

"Although this book provides a selection from sources and interpretations of warfare in Viking-Age England, and presents a consideration of them, it is more than a purely historiographical study. It investigates the current state of scholarship and the key points of its development, indicating areas for enquiry and point out some less familiar sources along the way. The intention is not to deal with the canon of historical works on the Anglo-Saxon army, for remarkably there is no 'canon' as such. Much, though by no means all, scholarship on the organization of military systems in the Anglo-Saxon state has been undertaken by historians and scholars from related disciplines for whom warfare is not a primary concern. Many of the sources used will be familiar to students of early medieval England, but others are included because they are less often considered ... I have not attempted to use a chronological structure, nor have I retold any particular narrative history of the English Kingdom during the Viking Age, although for the reader's convenience a chronology of events is included as an appendix. The focus is rather the exploration of the practice and politics of warfare."--Preface.

Author : Jarrod Wiener,Robert A . Schrire
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781848260627

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International Relations - Volume I by Jarrod Wiener,Robert A . Schrire Pdf

International Relations is a component of Encyclopedia of Institutional and Infrastructural Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme considers the following topics on The Development of International Relations, International Political Economy and International Relations and Contemporary World Issues. These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.

Author : P.Bilgin, P.D. Williams, M. Sekiguchi, J. K. Galbraith, S. T. Inayatullah, J. Wiener, R. A. Schrire, I.L. Murphy
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781848263390

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GLOBAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY – Volume II by P.Bilgin, P.D. Williams, M. Sekiguchi, J. K. Galbraith, S. T. Inayatullah, J. Wiener, R. A. Schrire, I.L. Murphy Pdf

Global Security and International Political Economy is a component of Encyclopedia of Social Sciences and Humanities in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. This 6-volume set contains several chapters, each of size 5000-30000 words, with perspectives, issues of great relevance to our world such as: Global Security; Global Security and the International System; The Regional Dimension of Global Security; The National Dimension Of Global Security; The Societal Dimension Of Global Security; The Human Security Agenda In World Politics; History Of Empires And Conflicts; The Myth Of The Clash Of Civilizations In Dialogical-Historical Context; Causes And Prevention Of Armed Conflict; International Development Policies And Global Security; Environment And Global Security; Political Economy Of International Security; Political Issues In Human Resource Development; Globalization And The Consumer Society. These volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and

Author : Charles Stone,Lucas Bietti
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317807445

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Contextualizing Human Memory by Charles Stone,Lucas Bietti Pdf

This edited collection provides an inter- and intra-disciplinary discussion of the critical role context plays in how and when individuals and groups remember the past. International contributors integrate key research from a range of disciplines, including social and cognitive psychology, discursive psychology, philosophy/philosophical psychology and cognitive linguistics, to increase awareness of the central role that cultural, social and technological contexts play in determining individual and collective recollections at multiple, yet interconnected, levels of human experience. Divided into three parts, cognitive and psychological perspectives, social and cultural perspectives, and cognitive linguistics and philosophical perspectives, Stone and Bietti present a breadth of research on memory in context. Topics covered include: the construction of self-identity in memory flashbulb memories scaffolding memory the cultural psychology of remembering social aspects of memory the mnemonic consequences of silence emotion and memory eyewitness identification multimodal communication and collective remembering. Contextualizing Human Memory allows researchers to understand the variety of work undertaken in related fields, and to appreciate the importance of context in understanding when, how and what is remembered at any given recollection. The book will appeal to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of cognitive and social psychology, as well as those in related disciplines interested in learning more about the advancing field of memory studies.

Author : Israel W. Charny
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000313284

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Strategies Against Violence by Israel W. Charny Pdf

"What would you do to advance the cause of peace in this mad world?" An outstanding group of professionals in psychology, psychiatry, sociology, political science, law, education, journalism, philosophy, and the arts answer this question, working with the concepts and tools of their fields to build a plan or model for behaviours that are likely to advance man toward peace and nonviolent change. They provide a rich sampling of the new ideas for human life that are needed if we are, in fact, ever to evolve into a more peaceful species. The book grew out of a series of sessions organized and chaired by Israel Charny at the annual meetings of the American Ortho-psychiatric Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The contributions are organized around three themes: the person, the community and the culture, and the world. Topics include a model for nonviolent strength to counter aggression by others; an examination of the psychology of Adolph Eichmann, with some startling conclusions about how men should cultivate their normal aggressive emotions and enjoy fantasies of violence; how the American democratic process can be turned unknowingly toward disastrous collective violence; and the problem of reducing the contagion of violence spread by daily newscasts of violent events.