Incorporating tools borrowed from anthropology, the study of emotion, and modern
social and literary theories, these studies balance the traditional literature
available on medieval feuding with an exploration of other aspects of vengeance
and culture in the Middle Ages. Aimed at scholars and graduate students within
the broad field of medieval studies, incorporating the subfields of history,
literature, and religious studies, this collection will also prove interesting
to non-medievalists interested in the history of emotion, the justification of
human conflict, and the theoretical role of discourse and its applicability to
specific historical periods.