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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967411103321

Autore

Carroll Stuart <1965->

Titolo

Blood and violence in early modern France / / Stuart Carroll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

9781429471060

1429471069

9781280903113

1280903112

9780191516146

0191516147

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

303.60944/09033

944.03

303.6094409033

Soggetti

Violence - France - History - 17th century

Violència

Llibres electrònics

France History 17th century

França

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [334]-349) and index.

Nota di contenuto

I. The structure of vindicatory violence -- The origins of dispute : blood and earth -- The origins of dispute : status and honour -- Honours and prerogatives -- Escalation : from verbal duel to vindicatory exchange -- Conspiracy -- Combat -- The rage of the gods -- II. Violence and society -- Justice and the law -- Peace -- Women, sex, and vindicatory violence -- III. Violence and the polity -- Quantifying violence -- The crisis of the religious wars -- Violence and royal authority in the seventeenth century -- Solutions.

Sommario/riassunto

French manners and civility were the model for European civilization, while feud is associated with backward societies. Yet in France thousands of men died in duels in which the supposed rules of honour were regularly flouted. In this detailed and original book Stuart Carroll



explores the nature of vengeance and reveals the dark side of Renaissance civilization. - ;The rise of civilized conduct and behaviour has long been seen as one of the major factors in the transformation from medieval to modern society. Thinkers and historians alike argue that violence progressively declined as men learne