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

The Subject of Violence: The Song of Roland and the Birth of the State
ISBN-10
0253305489
ISBN-13
9780253305480
Category
History
Pages
257
Language
English
Published
1993
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Author
Peter Haidu

Description

Howard BlochHaidu argues that the 12th-century Song of Roland played an essential role in the creation of the nation-state, in that the narrative transforms the independent and violent warriors of the feudal period into the subordinate instruments of the nation-state by enforcing on them the subjection to the rule of monarchy.

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