Atrocity in warfare: a social and cultural history

这个项目旨在调查战争中的暴行是如何以及为什么被理解、质疑和赋予意义的。它计划将重点放在战争中合法和过度暴力概念化的关键历史时刻——公元1095年至1300年的中世纪十字军东征——以分析社会是如何建立暴力限制的，以及为什么这样做对他们来说具有历史重要性。该项目的预期成果是对中世纪时期如何以及为什么在形成关于战争边界的思想方面至关重要的新理解；关于暴行概念如何在文化和社会上变得重要的新见解；以及扩大澳大利亚在历史和战争行为方面的知识基础。

This project aims to investigate how and why atrocity in war is understood, questioned, and given meaning. It plans to focus on a pivotal historical moment in the conceptualisation of legitimate and excessive violence in war – the medieval crusades from c. 1095–1300 – to analyse how societies came to establish the limits of violence and why it was historically important for them to do so. The anticipated outcomes of the project are new understanding of how and why the medieval period was crucial in the formation of ideas about the boundaries of war; new insights into how concepts of atrocity become culturally and socially important; and expansion of Australia's knowledge base in the history and conduct of war.