Description: This collection of essays from both established and emerging scholars analyses the dynamic connections between conflict and violence in medieval Italy. The contributors present a new critique of power that sustained both kingship and locally based elite networks throughout the Italian peninsula.
Brief description: Robert Houghton is a Lecturer in Early Medieval History at the University of Winchester. His research focusses on the social and political history of the kingdom of Italy c.900 to c.1150 with particular emphasis on representations of urban society and the changing role and ideology of the bishop.
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Conflict and Violence in Medieval Italy 568-1154 provides a rich analysis of the multifaceted nature of violence in early medieval Italy, spanning cases of social, political, religious, and even postmortem violence. The volume successfully demonstrates how violence influenced significant political, social, and economic changes in this period, offering both specialist and nonspecialist readers new insights into medieval Italian society., - Peter Sposato, Speculum, issue 2, 2026