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The Subject of Violence: The Song of Roland and the Birth of the State Peter Haidu
The Subject of Violence: The Song of Roland and the Birth of the State
Peter Haidu
Proposes a provocative new reading of the medieval French Song of Roland and its role in changing a world of violent independent warriors into the more contemporary world of citizens subjugated to the state. A study of signal importance to literary and historical scholarship of the Song and of the birth of modern Europe.
272 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 22, 1993 |
| ISBN13 | 9780253305480 |
| Publishers | Indiana University Press |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 16 mm · 557 g |
| Language | English |
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