{"product_id":"a-history-of-murder-9780745643786","title":"A History of Murder","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers a fascinating and insightful overview of seven centuries of murder in Europe. It tells the story of the changing face of violence and documents the long-term decline in the incidence of homicide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e award for Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A dead good read.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBBC History Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating story about the control of private aggressive urges over seven centuries.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJoanna Bourke, \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A remarkable achievement in drawing together an unusually broad and cross-cultural collection of materials, summarizing a complex field and offering a strong and coherent statement about the causes and contexts of historical changes in violent behavior.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJournal of Social History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Engaging, well informed, and laden with insight.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"News addicts may be forgiven for thinking that we live in a time of unprecedented violence, but this book, intended for a general audience as well as scholars, proves them wrong ... Spierenburg does an admirable job of outlining these trends and many other facets of violence.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Spierenburg synthesises a tremendous amount of data to put forth a fascinating overview of the history of murder.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEuropean Review of History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A powerful work [which] should help us to better understand past and present patterns of violence, culture and power.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEras\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Spierenburg achieves success in [his] difficult task through a combination of elements: the hypothesis is clear and simple, individual cases are well chosen and well narrated, space is given to rival interpretations, and differences between scholars are clearly articulated and evidence is fielded on one side or the other.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eH-Net\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The broad sweep of \u003ci\u003eA History of Murder\u003c\/i\u003e, coupled with its accessible style, makes it an invaluable resource for researchers and teachers of crime history and criminology.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Criminology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In\u003ci\u003e A History of Murder\u003c\/i\u003e one of the leading scholars of the subject provides in highly readable form the first thorough account of its changing patterns in Europe from the Middle Ages to our era. This work dispels many long-standing myths and fallacies, and puts in their place measured conclusions based on the most up-to-date research. The book provides a fascinating and accessible supplement to standard surveys of European history and essential historical context for the study of homicide and criminal violence today.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMartin Wiener, \u003ci\u003eRice University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Few would attempt to chart the pattern of homicide across Western Europe since the late Middle Ages; fewer still could carry it off as well as Pieter Spierenburg. He ranges widely across personal relationships, rituals, concepts of honour, and the growth of the state, as well as shifting attitudes to violence and homicide. He presents stimulating arguments about the development of modern society and about violence that merit careful consideration and deserve a wide audience.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eClive Emsley, \u003ci\u003eOpen University\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\"This book is a triumph. Pieter Spierenburg has used his own research and others' to illumine the history of murder in the western world over many centuries, combining familiar literary sources with unfamiliar criminal statistics in ways that should appeal to scholars and general readers alike.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRoger Lane, \u003ci\u003eHaverford College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Romeo's Kindred: The Fragility of Life in Medieval Europe 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Sealed with a Kiss: From Acquiescence to Criminalization 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Swords, Knives, and Sticks: The Social Differentiation of Male Fighting 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Patriarchy and its Discontents: Women and the Domestic Sphere 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Marks of Innocence: Babies and the Insane 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 M for Less: The Marginalization of Murder, 1800–1970 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Tables Turned: 1970 to the Present 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 270\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767976624471,"sku":"9780745643786","price":22.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745643786.jpg?v=1758715759","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-history-of-murder-9780745643786","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}