A Cultural History of Violence in the Renaissance / edited by Jonathan Davies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davies, Jonathan, editor.

Series:

The Cultural Histories Series.

The Cultural Histories Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--History.

Violence.

Renaissance.

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

The period between 1450 and 1650 saw extensive cultural, political, religious, social, and technological changes which often resulted in violence. This violence was marked by both continuities with and differences from violence in the Middle Ages. The lives and deaths of contemporaries were shaped by wars, rebellions, religious conflicts, persecutions of minorities, witch hunts, and European encounters across the globe as well as by interpersonal violence including assault, homicide, and rape. A dominant honor code fuelled widespread enmity which erupted in duels and vendettas. As states developed, conflicts were also resolved through courts whose investigations could involve torture and whose punishments could include mutilation as well as execution. Furthermore, with the rise of the printing press, violence was represented more extensively than ever before. Drawing upon a wide range of textual and visual sources, this volume presents essays that examine key aspects of violence: Understanding and Defining Violence; Sacred Violence; Spaces of Violence; Authority and Violence; Persecution, Oppression and Subjection; Emotion and Violence; Literary Representations of Violence; Visual Representations of Violence; and Technologies of Violence.

Contents:

Introduction, Jonathan Davies (University of Warwick, UK) 1. Understanding and Defining Violence, Colin Rose (Brock University, Canada) 2. Sacred Violence, Andrew Spicer (Oxford Brookes University, UK) 3. Spaces of Violence, Thomas V. Cohen (University of York, UK) 4. Authority and Violence, Colin Rose (Brock University, Canada) 5. Persecution, Oppression and Subjection, Lu Ann Homza (William & Mary, USA) 6. Emotion and Violence, Sarah Covington (City University of New York, USA) 7. Visual Representations of Violence, Jonathan Davies (University of Warwick, UK) 8. Literary Representations of Violence, Bridget Heal (University of St Andrews, UK) 9. Technologies of Violence, Brian Sandberg (Northern Illinois University, USA)

ISBN:

9781350148390

OCLC:

1582442540