A history of murder : personal violence in Europe from the Middle Ages to the present / Pieter Spierenburg.

  • Spierenburg, Petrus Cornelis.
Date:
2008
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Publication/Creation

Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2008.

Physical description

274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

Romeo's kindred : the fragility of life in medieval Europe -- Sealed with a kiss : from acquiescence to criminalization -- Swords, knives, and sticks : the social differentiation of male fighting -- Patriarchy and its discontents : women and the domestic sphere -- Marks of innocence : babies and the insane -- M for less : the marginalization of murder, 100-1970 -- The tables turned : 1970 to the present.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-269) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    KM /SPI
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  • 9780745643779
  • 0745643779
  • 0745643787
  • 9780745643786