Treason

Description:

"The willingness to betray one's country, one's people, one's family--to commit treason and foreswear loyalty to one entity by giving it to another--is a difficult concept for many people to comprehend. Yet, societies have grappled with treason for centuries; the motivations, implications, and consequences are rarely clear cut and are often subjective. Set against the framework of modern political concerns, Treason: Medieval and Early Modern Adultery, Betrayal, and Shame considers the various forms of treachery in a variety of sources, including literature, historical chronicles, and material culture creating a complex portrait of the development of this high crime. Larissa Tracy artfully brings together younger critics as well as seasoned scholars in a compelling and topical conversation on treason"--

subjects: Treason,  Adultery,  Shame,  Europe, history, 476-1492,  Europe, social conditions,  Europe, intellectual life,  History,  Betrayal,  Social conditions,  Intellectual life,  Ehebruch,  Betrug,  Verrat,  Social aspects