Colin Rose, A Renaissance of Violence: Homicide in Early Modern Italy
Early modern northern Italy presents an interesting conundrum in the debates about the causes of the long-term historical decline of lethal violence. Explanations for the centuries-long decline in homicide usually broadly rely on Elias’ theory of the civilizing process, suggesting that self-control...
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2021
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Περίληψη: | Early modern northern Italy presents an interesting conundrum in the debates about the causes of the long-term historical decline of lethal violence. Explanations for the centuries-long decline in homicide usually broadly rely on Elias’ theory of the civilizing process, suggesting that self-control rose as individuals internalised social controls promoted by the expansion of the state and the extension of the market economy. But northern Italy until the eighteenth century had not only develo... |
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