Sham Fights and Mock Sieges: An Enduring Antiquity in the Medieval and Pre-modern Representation of War

The article examines the centuries-old relationships between the world of war and the world of spectacle. It analyses different examples of sham fights and mock sieges, which belong both to Roman times as well as the medieval and pre-modern periods. The aim of this analysis is to show how over the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giuseppe Adami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2020-12-01
Series:Drammaturgia
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Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/drammaturgia/article/view/12381