Twenty-three short essays introduce the reader to the multifaceted martial culture of the late medieval and the pre-modern European town. The stories in this richly illustrated anthology describe the ownership, handling, symbolism, use, and materiality of medieval weapons in their social, political, and cultural context. Originally contributions to the research blog “Martial Culture in Medieval Towns”, the selected and re-worked essays were edited to accompany the exhibition “Alarm ! Culture, ownership, and use of weapons in the late medieval town” ( Museum Altes Zeughaus / Old Arsenal Museum. Solothurn, 2022 ).
Daniel Jaquet is senior researcher at the University of Bern for the SNSF project “Martial Culture in Medieval Towns”.
Iason-Eleftherios Tzouriadis is the online blog editor for the “Martial Culture in Medieval Towns” project. Regula Schmid is professor of medieval history at the Department of Medieval History at the University of Bern. She is the lead researcher of the SNSF project “Martial Culture in Medieval Towns”.
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MARTIAL CULTURE IN MEDIEVAL TOWNS
AN ANTHOLOGY
Jaquet | Tzouriadis | Schmid (eds.)
MARTIAL CULTURE IN MEDIEVAL TOWNS
Daniel Jaquet | Iason-Eleftherios Tzouriadis | Regula Schmid (eds.)
MARTIAL CULTURE IN MEDIEVAL TOWNS AN ANTHOLOGY