Renaissance mass murder : civilians and soldiers during the Italian wars / Stephen D. Bowd.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white).Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191871139 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Mass murder -- Italy -- History | Violence -- Italy -- History | Italy -- History -- 1492-1870Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198832614DDC classification: 364.152340945 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This volume presents a compelling account of the prevalence of murder and violence during the Italian Renaissance. Contrary to the usual narratives of harmony and creation, Stephen Bowd outlines how massacres happened, how people justified and explained such events, and how they were culturally represented during the European renaissance.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume presents a compelling account of the prevalence of murder and violence during the Italian Renaissance. Contrary to the usual narratives of harmony and creation, Stephen Bowd outlines how massacres happened, how people justified and explained such events, and how they were culturally represented during the European renaissance.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 26, 2018).