Violence in Early Modern Europe 1500-1800

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.

ISBN 052159894X   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780521598941 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 420 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Imprint Cambridge University Press   Series editor Beik, William (Emory University), Beik, William (Emory University), Beik, William (Emory University) Format Paperback   Series ISSN 22 Publication date 04 Oct 2001   Series title New Approaches to European History Library of Congress HN380.Z9 V537 2001   Height (mm) 228 DEWEY 303.60940903   Width (mm) 152 DEWEY edition DC21   Spine width (mm) 16 Pages 284   Academic level Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly

		List of illustrations
		Acknowledgements
		Introduction: The problem of violence in early modern Europe		1
1		Representations of violence		11
2		States, arms, and armies		44
3		Justice		73
4		The discourse of interpersonal violence		117
5		Ritual group violence		160
6		Popular protest		184
7		Organized crime		216
		Conclusion		248
		Index		254

'... his book provides valuable evidence for those psychologists interested in a broader perspective on human violence than psychology alone can provide.' The Psychologist 'This interesting book is a comprehensive synthesis of various historiographies, brought together for the first time in an extended treatment of the subject of violence in early modern Europe.' History

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