Violence in Early Modern Europe 1500-1800

Informationen zum Autor Julius Ruff is Associate Professor of History at Marquette University. He is the author of Crime, Justice and Public Order in Old Regime France (1984) and co-author of Discovering the Western Past: A Look at the Evidence, 4th edition (2000). Klappentext A broad-ranging survey of violence in western Europe from the Reformation to the French Revolution. Julius Ruff summarises 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 fascinating 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 neighbourhoods. 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; infanticide; and rioting. This book, in the successful textbook series New Approaches to European History, will be of great value to students of European history, criminal justice sciences, and anthropology. Zusammenfassung This clear! accessible and engaging book offers students a broad-ranging survey of violence in western Europe from the Reformation to the French Revolution. Topics covered include the role of the state in controlling violence; interpersonal violence; violence and its impact on women; infanticide; and rioting. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the problem of violence in early modern Europe; 1. Representations of violence; 2. States, arms and armies; 3. Justice; 4. The discourse of interpersonal violence; 5. Ritual group violence; 6. Popular protest; 7. Organised crime; Conclusion; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Julius Ruff, Julius R. Ruff, Julius R. (Marquette University Ruff, Ruff Julius R.
• Mitarbeit: William Beik (Herausgeber), T. C. W. Blanning (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 04.10.2001
• EAN: 9780521591195
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59119-5
• Seiten: 284
• Serien: New Approaches to European His; New Approaches to European History
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Strafrecht, Strafprozessrecht, Kriminologie; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Violence in society, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Violence and abuse in society, C 1700 To C 1800