Bowd, Stephen D.,

Renaissance mass murder : civilians and soldiers during the Italian wars / Stephen D. Bowd. - First edition. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .

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.

9780191871139 (ebook) : No price


Mass murder--History.--Italy
Violence--History.--Italy


Italy--History--1492-1870.

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