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.
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.
Stephen D. Bowd works at the University of Edinburgh and has published widely on the history of the Italian Renaissance and on culture, religion, and belief in Venice and its empire between 1400 and 1550.
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Part I: Introduction and Overview Introduction 1: A Brief History of the Italian Wars Part II: War and Mass Murder: Practices 2: Why Mass Murder Happened 3: The Experiences of Civilians Part III: War and Mass Murder: Theories 4: Civilians and Theories of War 5: The Machiavellian Massacre Part IV: War and Mass Murder: Representations 6: Remembering and Representing the Massacre 7: 'With Pain/Pen': The Poetic Massacre Conclusion
Part I: Introduction and Overview Introduction 1: A Brief History of the Italian Wars Part II: War and Mass Murder: Practices 2: Why Mass Murder Happened 3: The Experiences of Civilians Part III: War and Mass Murder: Theories 4: Civilians and Theories of War 5: The Machiavellian Massacre Part IV: War and Mass Murder: Representations 6: Remembering and Representing the Massacre 7: 'With Pain/Pen': The Poetic Massacre Conclusion
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