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ArgumentIn high medieval Europe, conflict took a number of different forms, from large-scale battles, such as disputes over crowns, power and lands, to more local disputes over inheritance and property. In the absence of well-developed administrative structures which could limit conflict, cultural conventions, rituals and behavioural norms evolved to moderate violence within the elite community.The exchange of hostages, ransom of defeated opponents, oath-taking and creation of new bonds of friendship, all helped to re-establish stable relations between former opponents. With peace came a change in the balance of power within a region. Relationships between adversaries were restructured and redefined as treaties were concluded and new agreements made. Peace rituals allowed the new status quo to be publicly proclaimed and understood. By studying the restraint of violence and the imposition of peace, we can examine both the long and short term implications of conflict, and improve our understanding of how violence shaped the elite community in medieval Europe.From&#160;22nd &#8211; 23rd February 2018, the Centre for Advanced Study in Oslo and the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History at the University of Oslo will host a two-day conference on the practices and behaviours related to peacemaking and the restraint of violence in high medieval Europe. Participants will address a variety of diverse topics, from peace treaties and rituals, to the conventions which restrain violence during warfare.Programme22nd February 201810.00 -&#160;10.20 &#8211;&#160;Arrival and Registration10.20 -&#160;10.30 &#8211;&#160;Welcome10.30 -&#160;11.15&#160;Hermann Kamp (Paderborn University) &#8211;&#160;The Submission of Rebellious Cities in the Roman-German Empire11.15 -&#160;12.00&#160;Iain MacInnes (University of the Highlands and Islands) &#8211;&#160;&#8216;Be at peace with God and me&#8217;: Violence, War and Royal Responses to Insurrection in Medieval Scotland, c.1100-128612.00 -&#160;13.30 &#8211;&#160;Lunch13.30 -&#160;14.15&#160;Lars Kj&#230;r (New College of the Humanities) &#8211;&#160;Gift giving: &#8216;Surrogate Warfare&#8217; or &#8216;Social Glue&#8217;?14.15 -&#160;15.00&#160;Yvonne Friedman (Bar-Ilan University) &#8211;&#160;Food and Clothing in Rituals of Peacemaking in Medieval Europe and the Latin East15.00 -&#160;15.30 &#8211;&#160;Refreshment break15.30 -&#160;16.15&#160;Betty Binysh (Cardiff University) &#8211;&#160;How Did the Crusaders&#8217; Peace-making Strategies in Europe Compare with their Negotiations with Muslims in the Levant?16.15 -&#160;17.00&#160;Harald Endre Tafjord (Volda University College) &#8211;&#160;Conflicts and the Use of Exile as a Restraint of Violence in Twelfth-Century Castile &#8211; The Conflicts Between King Alfonso VI and Rodrigo D&#237;az del Vivar17.00 -&#160;18.00 &#8211;&#160;Wine Reception23rd February 201810.00 -&#160;10.30 &#8211;&#160;Reception10.30 -&#160;11.15 Stephen D. White (Emory University)&#160;&#8211;&#160;Peace or Punishment in Medieval England: From 1215 to 132211.15 -&#160;12.00 Sean McGlynn (Plymouth University at Strode College) &#8211;&#160;Chivalry and the Laws of Siege Warfare: Restrictions on Violence Against Besieged Non-combatants in Twelfth and Thirteenth-Century Europe12.00 -&#160;13.30 &#8211;&#160;Lunch13.30 -&#160;14.15 Tobias Boestad (Paris-Sorbonne University) &#8211;&#160;&#8216;The Old Peace on which the Cross was kissed&#8217;. The Negotiation and Enforcement of the Thirteenth-Century German-Gotlandic-Russian Trade and Peace Agreements14.15 -&#160;15.00 Philippa Mesiano (University of Kent) &#8211;&#160;Pope Alexander IV, King Henry III and the Treaty of Paris (1259): Papal Mediation in Thirteenth Century Europe15.00 -&#160;15.30 &#8211;&#160;Refreshment break15.30 -&#160;16.15 David Br&#233;gaint (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) &#8211;&#160;God's Peace and the King's Peace in Medieval Norway16.15 -&#160;17.00 Au&#240;ur Magn&#250;sd&#243;ttir (University of Gothenburg) &#8211;&#160;Women, Violence and Peacemaking in Thirteenth-Century Iceland17.00 -&#160;17.15 &#8211;&#160;ConclusionContact and Practical InformationRegistration is open between 12 -&#160;26 January 2018:Registration&#160;and&#160;paymentOrganisersSimon&#160;Lebouteiller&#160;and&#160;Louisa&#160;Taylor