02907nam 22006014a 450 991046556600332120200520144314.01-4294-7106-91-280-90311-20-19-151614-7(CKB)2560000000295096(EBL)430720(OCoLC)191932595(SSID)ssj0000113222(PQKBManifestationID)11131751(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113222(PQKBWorkID)10101121(PQKB)11531634(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072395(MiAaPQ)EBC430720(Au-PeEL)EBL430720(CaPaEBR)ebr10167542(CaONFJC)MIL90311(EXLCZ)99256000000029509620060411d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrBlood and violence in early modern France[electronic resource] /Stuart CarrollOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (384 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-929045-8 0-19-171049-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [334]-349) and index.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.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 learneViolenceFranceHistory17th centuryFranceHistory17th centuryElectronic books.ViolenceHistory303.60944/09033944.03Carroll Stuart1965-756383MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465566003321Blood and violence in early modern France2138979UNINA