Violence In Early Modern Europe 1500-1800

This work is a survey of violence in western Europe from the Reformation to the French Revolution. It examines the role of the emerging state in controlling vio... » 

This work is a survey of violence in western Europe from the Reformation to the French Revolution. It examines the role of the emerging state in controlling violence; the roots of the period's widespread interpersonal violence; violence and its impact on women; infanticide; and rioting. «