Beholding Violence in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Edited by Allie Terry-Fritsch and Erin Felicia Labbie

Interrogating how medieval and early modern communities have acted as participants observers and interpreters of events and how they ascribed meaning to them the essays in this collection explore the experience of individual or collective beholders of violence during the period. Addressing a range of medieval and early modern art forms including visual images objects texts and performances the contributors examine the complexities of viewing and the production of knowledge across temporal moments.