Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Prologue : Ancient sources for the medieval concept of vengeance. The Old Testament ; The New Testament ; Roman laws
  • Part II. The Early Middle Ages (400-1000). Codes, capitularies, and penitentials ; Sermons, exegesis, and letters ; Saints lives, chronicles, and epics ; Formularies, charters, and judgments
  • Part III. The High Middle Ages (1000-1250). The effort to regulate violence and emotion ; Sermons and learned commentary on anger and vengeance ; Saints' lives, chronicles, and epics ; Peace charters and oaths
  • Part IV. The Later Middle Ages (1250-1500). Municipal, territorial, and royal laws concerning vengeance and murder ; Ecclesiastical and secular commentary on peace and the restraint of emotions ; Saints' lives, chronicles, and epics ; Court cases and notarial peace acts.