Blood and violence in early modern France / Stuart Carroll.
Blood and violence in early modern France / Stuart Carroll.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Date
2006.
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N303.60944/ 1
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English
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369 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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....
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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England
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2006.
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"This book outlines the nature of feuding in France and its intensification in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, civil war, and dynastic weakness, and considers the solutions proposed by thinkers from Montaigne to Hobbes. The creation of the largest standing army in Europe since the Romans was one such solution, but the militarization of soci...
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Blood and violence in early modern France / Stuart Carroll.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N303.60944/ 1
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0199290458 (alk. paper)
9780199290451 (alk. paper)
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303.6094409033
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991021462139702626
