Abstract
This dissertation updates scholarly understandings of literary representations of interpersonal violence during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Representations of violence and single combat participated in larger debates over the relative value of competing ideals of masculinity, debates which were themselves underpinned by a conception of violence that encompassed not only physical force but also the social and ethical realms of human conflict. These debates were responsible for shaping the genesis and development of the codified Western martial arts traditions from as early as the thirteenth century.
Original language | English |
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Qualification | Doctor of Philosophy |
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Award date | 13 Jan 2017 |
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Publication status | Unpublished - 2016 |