Publication

2001 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England

Language

English

Word Count

67,250 words, Guess

Page Count

269 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveviolenceinearlym0000ruff
  • ISBN-100521591198
  • ISBN-10052159894X
  • ISBN-139780521591195
  • ISBN-139780521598941
and 7 more
  • LibraryThing31069
  • Goodreads2534983', '201568
  • Library of Congress Control Number00067489
  • OCLC Control Number45487442
  • Better World Books9780521598941
  • Better World Books9780521591195
  • Open LibraryOL18379923M

Classifications

  • DDC303.6/094
  • LCCHN380.Z9 V537 2001
  • LCCHN380.Z9 V565 2001

Alternate Titles

  • Violence in early modern Europe, 1500-1800

Description

"Julius Ruff summarizes a huge body of research and provides readers with a clear, accessible, and engaging introduction to the topic of violence in early modern Europe. His book, enriched with illustrations, underlines the fact that modern preoccupations with the problem of violence are not unique, and that late medieval and early modern European societies produced levels of violence that may have exceeded those in the most violent modern inner-city neighborhoods. Julius Ruff examines the role of the emerging state in controlling violence; the roots and forms of the period's widespread interpersonal violence; violence and its impact on women; and rioting. His book will be of great value to students of European history, criminal justice sciences, and anthropology."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryViolenceViolent crimesEurope, historyEurope -- HistoryPolitical violenceViolence -- Europe -- History

Places

Series Statement

  • New approaches to European history

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