A History of Murder: Personal Violence in Europe from the Middle Ages to the PresentISBN: 978-0-7456-4377-9
Hardcover
300 pages
August 2008, Polity
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Acknowledgments vi
Introduction 1
1 Romeo's Kindred: The Fragility of Life in Medieval Europe 12
2 Sealed with a Kiss: From Acquiescence to Criminalization 43
3 Swords, Knives, and Sticks: The Social Differentiation of Male Fighting 65
4 Patriarchy and its Discontents: Women and the Domestic Sphere 114
5 Marks of Innocence: Babies and the Insane 143
6 M for Less: The Marginalization of Murder, 1800–1970 165
7 The Tables Turned: 1970 to the Present 206
Conclusion 223
Notes 227
References 247
Index 270
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