A history of murder : personal violence in Europe from the Middle Ages to the present / Pieter Spierenburg.

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Oxford : Polity Press, 2008.

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65104

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Murder -- Europe -- History.

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1. Romeo's kindred: the fragility of life in Medieval Europe

2. Sealed with a kiss: from acquiescence to criminalization

3. Swords, knives, and sticksL the social differentiation of male fighting

4. Patriachy and its discontents: women and the domestic sphere

5. Marks of innocence: babies and the insane

6. M for less: the marginalization of murder, 1800-1970

7. The tables turned: 1970 to the present.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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9780745643786

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274 p. : ill. ; 23 cm