Medieval and modern civil wars a comparative perspective / edited by Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Hans Jacob Orning.
| Other author | Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, 1958- |
| Other author | Orning, Hans Jacob. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] |
| Description | xxiii, 316 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; Volume 135 |
| Contents | Constant crisis / Hans Jacob Orning and Henrik Vigh -- Who is the enemy? Multipolar micropolitics / Jón Viðar Sigurðsson and Henrik Vigh -- Sverris saga : a manifesto for a new political order / Hans Jacob Orning and Frederik Rosén -- The war, and what is mine : private ownership in the civil wars in Norway and Denmark in the high Middle Ages / Frederik Rosén and Helle Vogt -- The contingent state between ideal and practice / Ebrahim Afsah and Jenny Benham -- Peace : how to stop fighting, win friends and influence people / Ebrahim Afsah and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson -- Re-thinking "rebellion" and "civil war" in Medieval England : the war of the son against the father (1173-74) / Stephen D. White -- The formation of trust : on the history of an elementary category of peacebuilding / Gerd Althoff -- The rise and fall of the Leviathan : a juxtaposition of pre-state and post-state wars / Øyvind Østerud -- Reflections on the political theology of conflict : from Medieval Scandinavia to the global future / John Comaroff. |
| Abstract | "Most medieval historians have explained the 'civil wars' in Scandinavia in the 12th and 13th centuries as internal conflicts within a predominantly national and implicitly state-centered politico-constitutional framework. This book argues that the conflicts during this period should be viewed as less disruptive, less internal and less state-centered than in previous research. It does so through six articles comparing the civil wars in Scandinavia with civil wars in Afghanistan and Guinea-Bissau in the last decades, applying theories and perspectives from anthropology and political science. Finally, four articles discuss civil wars in a broader perspective"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021027170 |
| ISBN | 9789004461475 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |