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PROBLEM OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN “THE SONG OF THE NIBELUNGS”
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Asya Alievna Sarakaeva
Hainan State University, The People’s Republic of China
Elina Alievna Sarakaeva
Hainan State University, The People’s Republic of China
Irena Valer'evna Lebedeva
Caspian Institute of Sea and River Transport (Branch) of Volga State Academy of Water Transport
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Submitted:
November 30, 2015
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Abstract.
In the article by the material of the epic poem “The Song of the Nibelungs” the ideas of the Western European Middle Ages about political violence are considered. The authors study the conditions, under which the commission of violence was morally acceptable and relatively safe for the state and society, and identify such criteria as the actor, the way of preparation and the method of violence realization.
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Key words and phrases:
«Песнь о нибелунгах»
политическое насилие
контроль над насилием
«земский мир»
деградация государственности
“The Song of the Nibelungs”
political violence
control of violence
“Landfrieden”
degradation of statehood
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- Jackson W. H. Court Literature and Violence in the High Middle Ages // German Literature of the High Middle Ages. N. Y.: Camden House, 2006. P. 263-276.
- Kaeuper R. W. Chivalry and Violence in the Medieval Europe. Oxford: University Press, 1999. 340 p.
- Mowatt D. G. Studies towards an Interpretation of the Nibelungenlied // German Life and Letters. 1961. Vol. 14. Issue 4. P. 257-270.
- Samples S. The German Heroic Narratives // German Literature of the High Middle Ages. N. Y.: Camden House, 2006. P. 161-184.
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