LEADER 02907nam 22006014a 450 001 9910465566003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4294-7106-9 010 $a1-280-90311-2 010 $a0-19-151614-7 035 $a(CKB)2560000000295096 035 $a(EBL)430720 035 $a(OCoLC)191932595 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000113222 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11131751 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113222 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10101121 035 $a(PQKB)11531634 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072395 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430720 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430720 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167542 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL90311 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000295096 100 $a20060411d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBlood and violence in early modern France$b[electronic resource] /$fStuart Carroll 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (384 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-929045-8 311 $a0-19-171049-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [334]-349) and index. 327 $aI. 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. 330 $aFrench 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 606 $aViolence$zFrance$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aFrance$xHistory$y17th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aViolence$xHistory 676 $a303.60944/09033 676 $a944.03 700 $aCarroll$b Stuart$f1965-$0756383 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465566003321 996 $aBlood and violence in early modern France$92138979 997 $aUNINA