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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen D. Bowd (Professor of Early Modern History, Professor of Early Modern History, University of Edinburgh)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.624kg ISBN: 9780198832614ISBN 10: 0198832613 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 22 November 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPart 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 ConclusionReviewsThis is, in short, a work that offers new perspectives via the study of massacres on all manner of Renaissance sources and texts. Researchers on multiple themes will find inspiration here, whether in relation to the military revolution and the current scholarly interest in martial cultures, or when reconsidering the canonical literary works of Machiavelli and Guicciardini. There is food for thought here too on issues of the nation, religion and ethnicity in early modern European warfare. It is testimony to the strength of this book that it prompts as many new questions about these wars as it answers: it should be essential reading for scholars of early modern Europe. * Catherine Fletcher, European History Quarterly * With this book, Bowd deftly achieves his goal of ""bringing the modern reader closer to the forms of consciousness and experiences of civilians and soldiers during the Italian Wars without, at the same time, wrenching them out of their time or rendering them merely pitiable""...this is a laudable, impressive contribution to the thriving field of violence in early modern Italy. * Amanda Madden, Georgia Institute of Technology, Comptes Rendus * This is a remarkable book that gives new and important insights into the nature of mass violence during the Italian Wars. * Colin Rose, Brock University, Renaissance Quarterly * This is, in short, a work that offers new perspectives via the study of massacres on all manner of Renaissance sources and texts. Researchers on multiple themes will find inspiration here, whether in relation to the military revolution and the current scholarly interest in martial cultures, or when reconsidering the canonical literary works of Machiavelli and Guicciardini. There is food for thought here too on issues of the nation, religion and ethnicity in early modern European warfare. It is testimony to the strength of this book that it prompts as many new questions about these wars as it answers: it should be essential reading for scholars of early modern Europe. * Catherine Fletcher, European History Quarterly * Author InformationStephen 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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