{"product_id":"the-subject-of-violence-the-song-of-roland-and-the-birth-of-the-state-0253305489","title":"The Subject of Violence: The Song of Roland and the Birth of the State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0253305489\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Haidu, Peter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book provides the reader with a new, challenging, and sophisticated critical analysis of the Song of Roland.\" -Choice\"[Haidu's] close reading of the Song of Roland is interesting, informative, and significant . . . \" -American Historical Review\"Probably the most sophisticated book ever written on the Song of Roland. . . . It is at once a work of linguistic analysis, of literary theory, of literary history, and, finally, of history.\" -R. Howard BlochHaidu argues that the 12th-century Song of Roland played an essential role in the creation of the nation-state, in that the narrative transforms the independent and violent warriors of the feudal period into the subordinate instruments of the nation-state by enforcing on them the subjection to the rule of monarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51697594073376,"sku":"NEW0253305489","price":51.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71kaIMeVGjL.jpg?v=1779383589","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-subject-of-violence-the-song-of-roland-and-the-birth-of-the-state-0253305489","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}