背誓者:粉碎帝国并创造中世纪欧洲的兄弟战争 Oathbreakers

基本信息

Format:Hardback 304 pages

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Imprint:Harper

ISBN:9780063336674

Published:16 Jan 2025

Weight:440g

Dimensions:229 x 152 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

“令人着迷。”——《华尔街日报》

“中世纪心态的启迪性写照。”——《出版商周刊》

《光明时代》的作者带着“现实版《权力的游戏》”回归（《纽约时报书评》）——讲述加洛林王朝内战的故事，这是一场血腥而漫长的战争，兄弟之间、父子之间相互对抗，这场战争将终结一个帝国、颠覆一个大陆并重新定义欧洲的未来

到九世纪初，加洛林王朝达到了权力的高峰。查理曼大帝领导的法兰克人建立了自罗马鼎盛时期以来大的欧洲领地。尽管法兰克精英们争夺权力、声望和利润，但他们享有政治和文化共识。但仅仅两代人之后，他们的世界就一片混乱。内战曾经是一个不可想象的威胁，虔诚者路易的儿子试图推翻他，然后将刀架在对方的脖子上，内战就此爆发。曾经一起冲锋陷阵的家庭现在却互相吸血。

加洛林王朝内战持续多年，国王之间争斗，兄弟之间对峙，儿子之间挑战父亲。《背誓者》讲述了这个残酷动荡时期的戏剧性历史。中世纪历史学家大卫·M·佩里和马修·加布里埃莱阐明了曾经不可动摇的政治和文化秩序崩溃，长期被压抑的紧张局势爆发为致命暴力时会发生什么。这部作品取材于丰富的原始资料，人物众多，情节曲折离奇，堪比伟大的虚构史诗，其后果继续影响着我们自己的世界。

《背誓者》为我们提供了教训，让我们看到曾经稳定的社会和政治结构出现严重裂痕可能会暴露出什么，以及对事实和现实意见不一会带来什么血腥后果。这个故事的核心是内战，它提出了一个问题：谁是“内”的，谁是“外”的？当事情崩溃时会发生什么？

“Fascinating.” — The Wall Street Journal

“An enlightening portrait of the medieval mindset.” — Publishers Weekly

The authors of The Bright Ages return with a “real-life Game of Thrones”(New York Times Book Review)—the story of the Carolingian Civil War, a bloody, protracted battle pitting brother against brother, father against son, that would end an empire, upend a continent, and redefine the future of Europe 

By the early ninth century, the Carolingian empire was at the height of its power. The Franks, led by Charlemagne, had built the largest European domain since Rome in its heyday. Though they jockeyed for power, prestige, and profit, the Frankish elites enjoyed political and cultural consensus. But just two generations later, their world was in shambles. Civil war, once an unthinkable threat, had erupted after Louis the Pious’s sons tried to overthrow him—and then placed their knives at the other’s neck. Families who had once charged into battle together now drew each other’s blood.

The Carolingian Civil War would rage for years as kings fought kings, brother faced off against brother, and sons challenged fathers. Oathbreakers is the dramatic history of this brutal, turbulent time. Medieval historians David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele illuminate what happens when a once unshakeable political and cultural order breaks down and long suppressed tensions flare into deadly violence. Drawn from rich primary sources, featuring a wide cast of characters, packed with dramatic twists and turns, this is history that rivals the greatest fictional epics—with consequences that continue to shape our own world.

Oathbreakers offers lessons of what deep cracks in a once-stable social and political fabric might reveal, and the bloody consequences of disagreeing on facts and reality. The Civil War at the heart of this tale asks: who is “in” and who is “out”? And what happens when things fall apart?

作者简介

马修·加布里埃莱是弗吉尼亚理工大学的中世纪研究教授，与大卫·M·佩里合著了《光明时代：中世纪欧洲新史》以及其他几本学术书籍。他的作品出现在众多报纸和杂志上，并在当地、国家和国际媒体上发表过文章。他和佩里共同撰写了 Buttondown 上的时事通讯《现代中世纪》。

大卫·M·佩里是一名记者、中世纪历史学家，也是明尼苏达大学历史系本科研究副主任。他曾是多米尼加大学的历史学教授。佩里是《神圣的掠夺：威尼斯和第四次十字军东征的后果》的作者，也是《光明时代：中世纪欧洲新史》的合著者。他的作品曾出现在《纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》、《国家》、《大西洋月刊》和 CNN 等媒体上。他和加布里埃莱共同撰写了 Buttondown 上的时事通讯《现代中世纪》。

Matthew Gabriele is a professor of medieval studies at Virginia Tech, and coauthor with David M. Perry of The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe, alongside several other academic books. His writing has appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines, and he has been featured in local, national, and international media. He and Perry co-write the newsletter Modern Medieval on Buttondown. 

David M. Perry is a journalist, a medieval historian, and the associate director of undergraduate studies in the history department at the University of Minnesota. He was formerly a professor of history at Dominican University. Perry is the author of Sacred Plunder: Venice and the Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade and coauthor of The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Nation, the Atlantic, and on CNN, among other outlets. He and Gabriele co-write the newsletter Modern Medieval on Buttondown.