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Oaths in Premodern Japan and Premodern Europe - Volume 19. 2023

medieval worlds Volume 19. 2023

In this volume, guest editors Philippe Buc and Thomas D. Conlan use oaths as the pivotal point for their comparative thematic section. Focusing on the differences and similarities between Japanese and European oath-taking and oath-breaking practices during the medieval period, on terminology and on chronology, Philippe Buc provides an introduction that contextualises the studies in this collection. For Japan, Yoshikawa S. and T.D. Conlan give insights into the development of the written oath (kishōmon) from its predecessors and origins in the third to sixth centuries to the sixteenth century, M. Gilbert and Horikawa Y. provide case studies of kishōmon in the heyday of its use. For Western Europe, S. Esders outlines the development of oaths from Late Antiquity to the tenth century under Christian doctrinal influence. In three case studies, H. Reimitz, H. Débax and O. Richard illustrate the use of oaths in the Early, High and Late Middle Ages. In our individual articles section, E. Worrall, R. Kramer and T. Grant offer a new edition and commented translation of an Icelandic fragment of the Nikuláss saga erkibiskups, the Saga of Bishop Nicholas.
Oaths in Premodern Japan and Premodern Europe - Volume 19. 2023

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ISSN2412-3196
ISSN Online2412-3196
ISBN-13978-3-7001-9563-4
ISBN-13 Online978-3-7001-9563-4
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doi10.1553/medievalworlds_no19_2023
Walter Pohl, Andre Gingrich, guest editors: Philippe Buc, Thomas D. Conlan

Oaths in Premodern Japan and Premodern Europe - Volume 19. 2023 - complete volume

Front Matter

Table of Contents

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Ingrid Hartl, Walter Pohl

Editorial

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Philippe Buc

Oaths in Premodern Japan and Premodern Europe. An Introduction

3

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Yoshikawa Shinji

Before Written Oaths (kishōmon): Oaths (sensei) in Ancient Japan

22

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Thomas D. Conlan

The Gods Are Watching: Talismans, Oaths, and Political Allegiance in Medieval Japan

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Megan Gilbert

Writing Oaths: Embodied Evidence in Fifteenth-Century Japan

65

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Horikawa Yasufumi

Oaths and Divine Punishments in Warring States Japan from the Princeton University Collection

86

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Stefan Esders

Loyalty Oaths and the Transformation of Political Legitimacy in the Medieval West

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Helmut Reimitz

The Promise of History: Oaths in Frankish Historiography

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Hélène Débax

Oaths as an Instrument of Power in Southern France, 11th-12th Centuries

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Olivier Richard

Oaths and Socio-political Hierarchies in the Urban »Sworn Society«: South-west Germany in the Late Middle Ages

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Elliot Worrall, Rutger Kramer, Thomas Grant

Nicholas in the North: A Fragment of Nikolaus Saga Erkibyskups in Oslo, Nra 69 – Text, Translation and Commentary

216

doi: 10.1553/medievalworlds_no19_2023s216