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This book reveals the social logic of the medieval rituals of reconciliation as showcased by the most potent rite, the kiss of peace. Ritual is presented as a contested ground on which individuals, groups, and political and moral authorities competed for and appropriated political sovereignty. The thesis of the study is that by employing ritual and bodily mnemonics as strategic tools, the forces of order and official morality strove to organize personality structures around a hegemonic value system. Researching three analytical fields-the legal bonds of peace, the emotional economy of ritual, and the building of identity-the book highlights the contents and evolution of ritual reconciliation in diverse cultural contexts in the period between the eleventh and the sixteenth centuries.

Kissing --- Reconciliation --- Symbolism in politics --- Rites and ceremonies, Medieval --- Social history --- Europe, Western --- Political aspects --- History. --- Social life and customs. --- Europe --- History --- Sociology of culture --- Philosophy and psychology of culture --- anno 1100-1199 --- anno 1200-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Baisers --- Réconciliation --- Symbolisme en politique --- Rites et cérémonies médiévaux --- Histoire sociale --- Aspect politique --- Histoire --- Europe de l'Ouest --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Symbolic politics --- Political science --- Medieval rites and ceremonies --- Civilization, Medieval --- Peace making --- Peacemaking --- Reconciliatory behavior --- Quarreling --- Manners and customs --- Political aspects&delete& --- West Europe --- Western Europe --- Kissing - Political aspects - Europe, Western - History. --- Reconciliation - Political aspects - Europe, Western - History. --- Symbolism in politics - Europe, Western - History. --- Rites and ceremonies, Medieval - Europe, Western. --- Social history - Medieval, 500-1500. --- Europe, Western - Social life and customs. --- Europe - History - 476-1492.