ID - 78621894 TI - A Renaissance of violence : homicide in early modern Italy PY - 2019 SN - 9781108498067 9781108627948 9781108726924 110849806X 1108726925 1108571328 1108572898 1108627943 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Murder KW - Criminal homicide KW - Killing (Murder) KW - Homicide KW - History KW - History of Italy KW - anno 1600-1699 KW - Bologna KW - Murder - Italy - History - 17th century KW - Italy - History - 17th century KW - Italy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78621894 AB - Based on a close examination of more than 700 homicide trials, A Renaissance of Violence exposes the deep social instability at the core of the early modern states of North Italy. Following a series of crises in the early seventeenth century, interpersonal violence in the region grew to frightening levels, despite the efforts of courts and governments to reduce social conflict. In this detailed study of violence in early modern Europe, Colin Rose shows how major crises, such as the plague of 1630, reduced the strength of social bonds among both elite and ordinary Italians. As a result, incidents of homicidal violence exploded - in small rural communities, in the crowded urban center and within tightly-knit families. Combining statistical analysis and close reading of homicide patterns, Rose demonstrates how the social contexts of violence, as much as the growth of state power, can contribute to explaining how and why interpersonal violence grew so rapidly in North Italy in the seventeenth century. ER -