What bodily experiences did fighters make through their lifetime and especially in violent conflicts? How were the bodies of fighters trained, nourished, and prepared for combat? How did they respond to wounds, torture and the ubiquitous risk of death?The articles present examples of body techniques of fighters and their perception throughout the Middle Ages. The geographical scope ranges from the Anglo-Scottish borderlands over Central Europe up to the Mediterranean World. This larger framework enables the reader to trace the similarities and differences of the cultural practice of "Killing and Being Killed" in various contexts.Contributions by Iain MacInnes, Alastair J. Macdonald, Bogdan-Petru Maleon, and others.
"The Goths Drew Swords Together" Individual and Collective Acts of Violence by Gothic Warlords and their War BandsSeiten 15 - 42 Guido M. Berndt Download Kapitel (PDF)
The Torture of Bodies in Byzantium After the Riots (Sec. IV-VIII)Seiten 43 - 60 Bogdan-Petru Maleon Download Kapitel (PDF)
"One man slashes, one slays, one warns, one wounds": Injury and Death in Anglo-Scottish Combat, c.1296-c.1403Seiten 61 - 78 Iain Macinnes Download Kapitel (PDF)
Willing Body, Willing Mind: Non- Combatant Culpability According to English Combatant Writers, 1327-77Seiten 79 - 108 Trevor Russell Smith Download Kapitel (PDF)
Body Techniques of Combat: The Depiction of a Personal Fighting System in the Fight Books of Hans Talhofer (1443-1467 CE)Seiten 109 - 130 Eric Burkart Download Kapitel (PDF)
Six Weeks to Prepare for Combat: Instruction and Practices from the Fight Books at the End of the Middle Ages, a Note on Ritualised Single CombatsSeiten 131 - 164 Daniel Jaquet Download Kapitel (PDF)
The Body of the Condottiero A Link Between Physical Pain and Military Virtue as it was Interpreted in Renaissance ItalySeiten 165 - 198 Giulia Morosini Download Kapitel (PDF)
Two Kinds of War? Brutality and Atrocity in Later Medieval ScotlandSeiten 199 - 230 Alastair J. Macdonald Download Kapitel (PDF)
Logistics and Food Supply in the Crònica of Ramon MuntanerSeiten 231 - 250 Judith Mengler Download Kapitel (PDF)
Summary and Conclusions: Silent Men and the Art of FightingSeiten 251 - 266 Dominik Schuh Download Kapitel (PDF)
