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Friendship, love, and brotherhood in Medieval Northern Europe, c.1000-1200 /

In this book, Lars Hermanson discusses how religious beliefs and norms steered attitudes to friendship and love, and how these ways of thinking affected social identity and political behaviour. With examples taken from eleventh- and twelfth-century northern Europe, the author investigates why friend...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hermanson, Lars, 1967- (Author)
Other Authors: Crozier, Alan, 1953- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Swedish
Published: Leiden : Brill, 2019
Series:Northern world ; volume 85.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • Ideas of Friendship, Love, and Brotherhood in Classical Philosophy
  • Friendship and Social Formation in the High Middle Ages
  • Friendship in an Oath-Taking Society
  • A Ritual Perspective
  • Friendship and Lordship in Twelfth-Century Scandinavia
  • Epilogue
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography
  • General Index.