The Problem of Violence in Early Modern Europe
Lecture Powerpoint
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Seminar Question
- What are the key issues which the historian of violence in early modern Europe needs to address?
Required Reading
All students should read three of the following items:
- Antony, Robert, Stuart Carroll, and Caroline Dodds Pennock, 'Introduction' in Robert Antony, Stuart Carroll, and Caroline Dodds Pennock, eds, (Cambridge, 2020), pp. 1-14.
- Bosworth, Mary, '', The British Journal of Criminology 41/3 (2001), 431-442.
- Broomhall, Susan, 'Introduction: Violence and Emotions in Early Modern Europe', in Susan Broomhall and Sarah Finn, eds, (London, 2015), pp. 1-18.
- Carroll, Stuart, 'Introduction', in Stuart Carroll, ed., (Basingstoke, 2007), pp. 1-43.
- Davies, Jonathan 'Introduction', in Jonathan Davies, ed., (Farnham, 2013), pp. 1-13.
- Dwyer, Philip, '', History and Theory, Special Issue: Theorizing Histories of Violence, 56/4 (2017), 7鈥�22.
- Eisner, Manuel, '', The British Journal of Criminology 51/3 (2011), 473-478.
- de Haan, Willem, 'Violence as an Essentially Contested Concept', in Sophie Body-Gendrot and Pieter Spierenburg, eds, (New York, 2008), pp. 27-40.
- Hanlon, Gregory, '', English Historical Review 128 (2013), 367鈥�400.
- Loetz, Francisca, , trans. Rosemary Selle (Leiden, 2015), Chapter One.
- Schwerhoff, Gerd, Benjamin Seebr枚ker, Alexander K盲stner, and Wiebke Voigt, '', Continuity and Change 36 (2021), 1-32.
- Springer, Simon, and Philippe Le Billon, 'Violence and Space: An Introduction to the Geographies of Violence', 52 (2016), 1-3.
E-Resources
- [Journal; articles published more than three years ago are available free]
Further Reading
Adler, Jeffrey S., and Thomas W. Gallant, 鈥樷�� The Harry Guggenheim Foundation Review of Research 4 (2000)
Antony, Robert, Stuart Carroll, and Caroline Dodds Pennock, eds, (Cambridge, 2020)
Arendt, Hannah, On Violence (New York, 1970)
Arnade, Peter, '', Journal of Urban History 39/4 (2013), 726-748
Bernstein, Richard J., (Cambridge, 2013)
Bessel, Richard, Violence: A Modern Obsession (London, 2015), Introduction
Besteman, Catherine, ed., (Basingstoke, 2002)
Body-Gendrot, Sophie, and Pieter Spierenburg, eds, (New York, 2008)
Carroll, Stuart, (Cambridge, 2023)
Carroll, Stuart, '', History and Theory, Special Issue: Theorizing Histories of Violence, 56/4 (2017), 23-43.
Davies, Jonathan, ed., (London, 2025)
Dwyer, Philip, and Mark Micale, eds, (London, 2022)
Eisner, Manuel, 'Long-Term Historical Trends in Violent CrimeLink opens in a new window', Crime and Justice 30 (2003), 83-142.
Elias, Norbert, , trans. Edmond Jephcott, 2 vols (New York, 1978-82)
Evans, Brad, and Natasha Lennard (eds), Violence: Humans in Dark Times (San Francisco, 2018)
Evans, Brad, and Terrell Carver, 'The Subject of Violence', in Brad Evans and Terrell Carver, eds, (London, 2017), pp. 1-13.
Feldman, Allen, (Chicago, 1991)
Gartner, Rosemary, and Bill McCarthy (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Crime (Oxford, 2014) [Especially the essays in Part II]
G贸mora, Daniela Yvette Fern谩ndez, , Tesis Licenciatura (Universidad de las Am茅ricas Puebla, 2008)
Guilaine, Jean, and Jean Zammit, (Oxford, 2005)
Hale, J.R., 'Violence in the Late Middle Ages: A Background', in Lauro Martines, ed., (Berkeley, 1972), pp. 19-37.
Hallenberg, Mats, '', Gender & History 25/1 (2013), 132鈥�49.
Heitmeyer, Wilhelm, and John Hagan (eds), International Handbook of Violence ResearchLink opens in a new window (Dordrecht, 2003)
Johnson, Eric A., and Eric H. Monkkonen, eds, (Urbana, 1996)
Lacour, Eva, 鈥樷��, Journal of Social History 34/3 (2001), 649-667.
Male拧evi膰, Sini拧a, The Sociology of War and Violence (Cambridge, 2010)
Mantec贸n, Tom谩s A., '', trans. Edward Behrend鈥怣art铆nez, Journal of The Historical Society 7 (2007), 229-264.
Meumann, Markus, 鈥楾he Experience of Violence and the Expectation of the End of the World in Seventeenth-Century Europe鈥�, in Joseph Canning, Hartmut Lehmann and Jay Winter (eds), Power, Violence and Mass Death in Pre-modern and Modern Times (Farnham, 2004), pp. 141鈥�62.
Ong, Walter J., Fighting for Life: Contest, Sexuality and Consciousness (Ithaca, 1981)
Roberts, Penny, '', History and Theory, Special Issue: Theorizing Histories of Violence, 56/4 (2017), 60-75.
Roth, Randolph, '', Crime, History & Societies 5/2 (2001), 33-67.
Scheper-Hughes, Nancy, and Philippe I. Bourgois, 'Making Sense of Violence', in Nancy Scheper-Hughes and Philippe I. Bourgois, eds, (Oxford, 2004), pp. 1-31.
Schinkel, Willem, (Basingstoke, 2010)
Schwerhoff, Gerd, '', Crime, History & Societies 6/2 (2002), 103-126.
Sharpe, James, A Fiery and Furious People: A History of Violence in England (London, 2015)
Spierenburg, Pieter, (Cambridge, 2008). See the reviews by and .
Spierenburg, Pieter, ed., (Columbus OH 1998)
Spierenburg, Pieter,'', Social Science History 28 (2004), 607-636.
Spierenburg, Pieter, '' Crime, History & Societies 5/2 (2001), 87-105.
Spierenburg, Pieter, Violence and Punishment: Civilizing the Body Through Time (Cambridge, 2013)
Springer, Simon, and Philippe Le Billon, Philippe, '', Political Geography 52 (2016), 1-3.
Tilly, Charles, (Cambridge, 2003)
Watson, Katherine D., 'Introduction', in Katherine D. Watson, ed., Assaulting the Past: Violence and Civilization in Historical Context (Cambridge, 2007), pp. 1-19.
Wood, John Carter, 'Conceptualizing Cultures of Violence and Cultural Change', in Stuart Carroll, ed., (Basingstoke, 2007), pp.79-96.
Wood, John Carter, 'It's a Small World After All?: Reflections on Violence in Comparative Perspectives', in Barry Godfrey, Clive Emsley and Graeme Dunstall, eds, (Cullompton, 2003), pp. 36-52.
Wood, John Carter, 'The Limits of Culture? Society, Evolutionary Psychology and the History of Violence', 4/1 (2007), 95-114.
Wood, John Carter, 'Locating Violence: The Spatial Production and Construction of Physical Aggression', in Katherine D. Watson, ed., Assaulting the Past: Violence and Civilization in Historical Context (Newcastle, 2007), pp. 20-37.
Ziemann, Benjamin, '', Reviews in History (2012)
