Warfare and violence

Strickland, M. (2022) Warfare and violence. In: Pohl, B. (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to the Age of William the Conqueror. Series: Cambridge Companions to Culture. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 225-243. ISBN 9781108728478 (doi: 10.1017/9781108628884.012)

Abstract

Introducing the volume’s fourth and final thematic strand (Cultural Perspectives), this chapter offers a study of warfare and violence in the age of William the Conqueror. Following a general introduction, it scrutinises the justifications of William’s wars and the history of hostilities and their limitations in Normandy. This is followed by a discussion of rebellion against ducal and royal rule contextualised within contemporary cultures of warfare and violence in northern France. The chapter concludes with studies of castles, conquests, and conduct in the Anglo-Norman world of the eleventh century.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Strickland, Professor Matthew
• Authors: Strickland, M.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > History
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• ISBN: 9781108728478
• Published Online: 15 June 2022
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2022
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy

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