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Akutō and rural conflict in medieval Japan /

This volume offers the first in-depth analysis in English of an understudied phenomenon in medieval Japanese history: the so-called akutō (literally, "evil bands"). Employing chronicles, laws, and legal documents from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, as well as recent Japanese sch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Oxenboell, Morten (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Conflict strategies in the medieval estate: from evasion to confrontation
  • The unworthy
  • The power of labeling
  • Friends or foes: crime and violence on the monastic estates
  • Estate organization and collective violence
  • The irregulars
  • Where did all the Akutō go?