What is it about?
Looks at asymmetric warfare and atrocity in the Middle Ages, but proposes a number of ways other than military resources in which war could be asymmetrical: e.g. legal status, economic status, religious status, 'Othering', etc.
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Why is it important?
Highlights that atrocities often occur when there is an asymmetry in war based on differing cultural 'links'.
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This page is a summary of: Asymmetric warfare and military conduct in the Middle Ages, Journal of Medieval History, March 2012, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13044184.2011.646745.
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