Violence in Early Modern Europe 1500-1800
This book offers a broad-ranging survey of violence in western Europe from the Reformation to the French Revolution. Julius Ruff summarizes a huge body of research and provides readers with a clear, accessible, and engaging introduction to the topic of violence in early modern Europe. Ruff examines the role of the emerging state in controlling violence; the roots and forms of interpersonal violence; violence and its impact on women; infanticide; and rioting. His book will be of great value to students of European history, criminal justice sciences, and anthropology.
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 284
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780521598941
- Genres
- history
- Release date
- 2001
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