The volume presents a comparative perspective on victors and vanquished according to the
categories of remembering victory and defeat practices of celebrating victory and triumphs as
well as the culture of dealing with the vanquished. Specifically the representation of victory
and defeat in Byzantine literature of the 10th-12th centuries is contrasted with commemorative
practices in early Russia and the reflection of military events in courtly music of the 15th
century is examined. In addition the practices of celebrating victories in England in the High
and Late Middle Ages are explored as is the treatment of the defeated and the subjugated in
the Frankish Empire of the 9th century in Norman southern Italy and in Byzantium.
