A Renaissance of Violence : Homicide in Early Modern Italy
by
Colin Rose
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
110849806X
ISBN-13
9781108498067
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 17th, 2019
Print length
264 Pages
Weight
502 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 16.50 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
European historySocial & cultural historyViolence in society
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With evidence from more than 700 homicide trials, Colin Rose demonstrates how and why incidents of violence - in small rural communities, in crowded urban centers and within tightly-knit families - grew so rapidly in North Italy in the seventeenth century.
Based on a close examination of more than 700 homicide trials, A Renaissance of Violence exposes the deep social instability at the core of the early modern states of North Italy. Following a series of crises in the early seventeenth century, interpersonal violence in the region grew to frightening levels, despite the efforts of courts and governments to reduce social conflict. In this detailed study of violence in early modern Europe, Colin Rose shows how major crises, such as the plague of 1630, reduced the strength of social bonds among both elite and ordinary Italians. As a result, incidents of homicidal violence exploded - in small rural communities, in the crowded urban center and within tightly-knit families. Combining statistical analysis and close reading of homicide patterns, Rose demonstrates how the social contexts of violence, as much as the growth of state power, can contribute to explaining how and why interpersonal violence grew so rapidly in North Italy in the seventeenth century.
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