The Subject of Violence: The Song of Roland and the Birth of the State - Hardcover

Haidu, Peter

 
9780253305480: The Subject of Violence: The Song of Roland and the Birth of the State

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

PETER HAIDU is Professor of French at UCLA.

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