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.
| Autor: | Bowd Stephen D. |
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| ISBN: | 9780198832614 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Oxford Academic |
| Veröffentlicht: | 22.11.2018 |
| Untertitel: | Civilians and Soldiers During the Italian Wars |
| Schlagworte: | Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare) European History European history: Renaissance HISTORY / Europe / Italy HISTORY / Europe / Medieval HISTORY / Military / General Italy c 1000 CE to c 1500 c 1400 to c 1499 (period of the Italian Renaissance) military history |
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.