Blood and violence in early modern France / Stuart Carroll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carroll, Stuart, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--France--History--17th century.

Violence.

France--History--17th century.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

French 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

Contents:

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

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [334]-349) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781429471060

1429471069

9781280903113

1280903112

9780191516146

0191516147

OCLC:

191932595