Aitire, 人質, тали, όμηρος, رهن , obses: Hostages, Political Instability, and the Writing of History c. 900-c. 1050 CE
Alice Hicklin
The medieval hostage stood as a surety given by one party into the custody of another, with understanding that hostages bound their donors to particular obligation or set terms outlined hostagesâ recipient. practice is attested on global scale, and much can be said about narrative function foil for writers construct stories victory, defeat, piety, mercy cruelty. This article adopts broad geographical focus, from Ireland eastern China. By looking at periods both political turbulence stability in tenth eleventh centuries CE, it examines how depicted hostage-giving times fragmentation change, what way was this reflected documentary texts. including authors writing recent more distant pasts, explores operated within without boundaries legal custom, considers attitudes towards those who granted received might shaped politico-social transitions.
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