Blood and violence in early modern France Carroll, Stuart 1965- creator text bibliography Electronic books. History Llibres electrònics. enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2006 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations French manners and civility were the model for European civilization, while feud is associated with backward societies. Yet in France thousands of men died in duels in which the supposed rules of honour were regularly flouted. In this detailed and original book Stuart Carroll explores the nature of vengeance and reveals the dark side of Renaissance civilization. - ;The rise of civilized conduct and behaviour has long been seen as one of the major factors in the transformation from medieval to modern society. Thinkers and historians alike argue that violence progressively declined as men learne. I. The structure of vindicatory violence -- The origins of dispute : blood and earth -- The origins of dispute : status and honour -- Honours and prerogatives -- Escalation : from verbal duel to vindicatory exchange -- Conspiracy -- Combat -- The rage of the gods -- II. Violence and society -- Justice and the law -- Peace -- Women, sex, and vindicatory violence -- III. Violence and the polity -- Quantifying violence -- The crisis of the religious wars -- Violence and royal authority in the seventeenth century -- Solutions. Stuart Carroll. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-349) and index. English. e-fr--- France History 17th century Violence France History 17th century Violence France Histoire 17e siècle France Histoire 17e siècle SOCIAL SCIENCE Violence in Society Violence France Fehde Gewalt Frankreich Violència França 1600-1699 fast Segle XVII thub DC121.3 .C37 2006eb 303.60944/09033 Blood and violence in early modern France Carroll, Stuart, 1965- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2006012187 (OCoLC)63395794 OUP E-Books 9781429471060 1429471069 0191516147 9780191516146 9780191710490 0191710490 9786610903115 6610903115 1280903112 9781280903113 0199290458 9780199290451 0199290458 9780199290451 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/8384 N$T 070607 20260318173029.0 in00005702419 eng