A fiery & furious people a history of violence in England
Introduction: The death of Roger Crockett -- The violent Middle Ages? -- Church and state : the forces of restraint -- The retreat from killing -- Violence in print : from murder pamphlets to revenge tragedies -- Domestic violence : wives, husbands and servants -- Mothers and infanticide -- Verbal v...
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Random House Books
2016
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: The death of Roger Crockett -- The violent Middle Ages? -- Church and state : the forces of restraint -- The retreat from killing -- Violence in print : from murder pamphlets to revenge tragedies -- Domestic violence : wives, husbands and servants -- Mothers and infanticide -- Verbal violence : scolding, slander and libel -- The rise and fall of the duel -- Sport and decline of casual violence -- Violence and organized crime : highwaymen and smugglers -- The Georgian mob -- State violence and the end of the old punishment regime -- An English miracle? -- Partners and children, victims and killers -- Women and sexual violence -- The serial killer : a very modern murderer? -- Public violence : from football hooliganism to inner-city riots -- A culture of violence? : film and television -- Peaks and troughs : patterns of violence today. Professor James Sharpe explores the brutal underside of our national life across some seven centuries. And as he looks at the litany of assaults, murders and riots that pepper our history he traces the subtle shifts both in the nature of violence and in people's attitudes to it |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 645-720) and index |
| Beschreibung: | viii, 751 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781847945136 978-1-84794-513-6 1847945139 1-84794-513-9 |