3.2. RITUALIZED WARFARE, A WAY TO CANCEL WEALTH

3.2. RITUAL WAR CANCELS WEALTH    

FIGHTING DRAWS OFF PEASANT SURPLUS AND THE TREASURE OF NOBLES AND KINGS 

The martial emphasis is part of nobles' domination, but trappings use up income and destruction is limited in practice.

The Book of Tournaments of René d'Anjou, 15th century, zoom

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In brief

• Traditional slave raids limit violence

• European warfare had comparable limits

• Valor: nobles react to nascent capitalists

• Did memory of feudal valor add to the carnage of World War I?

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Traditional slave raids limit violence