Question
Specific term required. The “formation” of a medieval “society” characterized by this activity is the subject of an influential book by R. I. Moore. For 10 points each:
[10h] What activity “in the Middle Ages” subtitles David Nirenberg’s Communities of Violence, which rebuts “structuralist” accounts of it like Moore’s in favor of a focus on “local contexts?”
ANSWER: persecution of minorities [accept more specific answers that include word forms of persecute, such as persecution of Jews, Muslims, heretics, or lepers; accept The Formation of a Persecuting Society; prompt on answers about oppression, repression, intolerance, or religious violence]
[10e] Moore revised his “persecuting society” thesis in light of Angeliki Laiou’s (“ahn-GHEH-lee-kee LYE-oo’s”) work on this empire. This empire’s relatively mild persecution of the heretical Bogomils of Bulgaria is described in The Alexiad.
ANSWER: Byzantine Empire [or Eastern Roman Empire, Byzantium, or Basileía Rhōmaíōn; reject “Roman Empire” or “Imperium Romanum”]
[10m] The main source for Nirenberg’s book is the archives of a medieval kingdom in this modern-day country. Nirenberg has attacked a concept in this modern-day country’s historiography that translates to “living together.”
ANSWER: Spain [or España, Kingdom of Spain, or Reino de España; prompt on Kingdom of Aragon, Reino d’Aragón, Regne d’Aragó, or Reino de Aragón] (The term in the second line is convivencia.)
<Jordan Brownstein, Other History>