Most medieval historians have explained the ‘civil wars’ in Scandinavia in the 12th and 13th centuries as internal conflicts within a predominantly national and implicitly state-centered politico-constitutional framework. This book argues that the conflicts during this period should be viewed as less disruptive, less internal and less state-centered than in previous research. It does so through six articles comparing the civil wars in Scandinavia with civil wars in Afghanistan and Guinea-Bissau in the last decades, applying theories and perspectives from anthropology and political science. Finally, four articles discuss civil wars in a broader perspective.

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Informations pratiques :

Medieval and Modern Civil Wars. A Comparative Perspective, dir. Jón Viđar Sigurđsson and Hans Jacob Orning, Boston-Leiden, 2021 (History of Warfare, 135). ISBN : 978-90-04-46147-5. Prix : 167 euros.

Source : Brill