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Throughout history, violence has arguably played a central role in most events, movements and countries. This six volume set considers how violence can offer an insight into societies of the past.
Tracing the culture of violence from the ancient world to the modern day, 54 experts explore nine themes in the history of violence to show how it has been understood, created, carried out and controlled through human history. Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole set, and the structure allows the reader to either focus on one particular period, or trace a specific theme across the ages through each of the volumes.
The six volumes cover: 1. Antiquity (500 BCE to 800 CE); 2. The Middle Ages (800 to 1450); 3. The Renaissance (1450 to 1650); 4. Age of Enlightenment (1650 to 1800); 5. Age of Empire (1800 to 1920); 6. Modern Age (1920 to the present).
Themes (and chapter titles) are: understanding and defining violence, sacred violence, spaces of violence, authority and violence, persecution, oppression and subjection, emotion and violence, representations of violence, and technologies of violence.
The page extent for the pack is approximately 1630pp.
Table of Contents
Edited by Fiona McHardy, University of Roehampton, UK
List of Illustrations
General Editor's Preface
Introduction: Violence in Antiquity: Fiona McHardy (University of Roehampton, UK)
1. Understanding and Defining Violence: Fiona McHardy (University of Roehampton, UK)
2. Sacred Violence: Mar Marcos (University of Cantabria, Spain)
3. Spaces of Violence: Werner Riess (University of Hamburg, Germany)
4. Authority and Violence: Filippo Carlà-Uhink (University of Potsdam, Germany)
5. Persecution, Oppression, and Subjection: Dan Zhao (Australian National University, Australia)
6. Emotions and Violence: Owen Rees (Birmingham Newman University, UK)
7. Visual Representations of Violence: Cezary Kucewicz (University of Gdansk, Poland and University of Cambridge, UK)
8. Literary Representations of Violence: Kathryn Chew (California State University, Long Beach, USA)
9. Technologies of Violence: Obert Bernard Mlambo (Rhodes University, South Africa)
Notes
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
Volume 2: A Cultural History of Violence in the Middle Ages
Edited by Sara M. Butler, Ohio State University, USA
List of Illustrations
General Editor's Preface
Introduction: Violence in the Middle Ages: Sara M. Butler (Ohio State University, USA)
1. Understanding and Defining Violence: Warren C. Brown (California Institute of Technology, USA)
2. Sacred Violence: Jessalynn Bird (Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA)
3. Spaces of Violence: Patricia Turning (Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA)
4. Authority and Violence: Jelle Haemers (KU Leuven, Belgium)
5. Persecution, Oppression, and Subjection: Mark D. Meyerson (University of Toronto, Canada)
6. Emotion and Violence: Kate McGrath (Central Connecticut State University, USA)
7. Visual Representations of Violence: Martha Easton (Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, USA)
8. Literary Representations of Violence: Larissa Tracy (Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia, USA)
9. Technologies of Violence: Dan Spencer (Independent Scholar)
Notes
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
Volume 3: A Cultural History of Violence in the Renaissance
Edited by Jonathan Davies, University of Warwick, UK
List of Illustrations
General Editor's Preface
Introduction: Violence in the Renaissance: Jonathan Davies (University of Warwick, UK)
1. Understanding and Defining Violence: Colin Rose (Brock University, Canada)
2. Sacred Violence: Andrew Spicer (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
3. Spaces of Violence: Thomas V. Cohen (York University, Canada)
4. Authority and Violence: Colin Rose (Brock University, Canada)
5. Persecution, Oppression, and Subjection: Lu Ann Homza (College of William & Mary, United States)
6. Emotion and Violence: Sarah Covington (City University of New York, United States)
7. Visual Representations of Violence: Bridget Heal (University of St. Andrews, UK)
8. Literary Representations of Violence: Jonathan Davies (University of Warwick, UK)
9. Technologies of Violence: Brian Sandberg (Northern Illinois University, United States)
Notes
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
Volume 4: A Cultural History of Violence in the Age of Enlightenment
Edited by Philip Dwyer, University of Newcastle, Australia
List of Illustrations
General Editor's Preface
Introduction: Violence in the Age of Enlightenment: Philip Dwyer (University of Newcastle, Australia)
1. Understanding and Defining Violence: Philip Dwyer (University of Newcastle, Australia)
2. Sacred Violence: Brian Sandberg (Northern Illinois University, USA)
3. Spaces of Violence: Marianna Muravyeva (University of Helsinki, Finland)
4. Authority and Violence: Jonah Miller (University of Cambridge, UK)
5. Persecution, Oppression, and Subjection: Jean-Frédéric Schaub (École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris, France) and Anna Joukovskaia (Center for Russian, East-European, Caucasian, and Central-Asian Studies, Paris, France)
6. Emotion and Violence: Katie Barclay (Macquarie University, Australia)
7. Visual Representations of Violence: Howard G. Brown (Independent Scholar)
8. Literary Representations of Violence: Neil Ramsey (University of New South Wales, Australia)
9. Technologies of Violence: Wayne E. Lee (University of North Carolina, United States)
Notes
Bibliography
Note on Contributors
Index
Volume 5: A Cultural History of Violence in the Age of Empire
Edited by Amanda Nettelbeck, University of Adelaide, Australia
List of Figures
General Editor's Preface
Introduction: Violence in the Age of Empire: Amanda Nettelbeck (University of Adelaide, Australia)
1. Understanding and Defining Violence: Tony Ballantyne (University of Otago, New Zealand)
2. Sacred Violence: Christopher Hartney (University of Sydney, Australia)
3. Spaces of Violence: Victoria Haskins (University of Newcastle, Australia) and Fae Dussart (University of Sussex, UK)
4. Authority and Violence: Lisa Ford (George Washington University, United States) and Amanda Nettelbeck (University of Adelaide, Australia)
5. Persecution, Oppression, and Subjection: Michelle Gordon (Uppsala University, Sweden)
6. Emotion and Violence: Jane Lydon (University of Western Australia, Australia)
7. Visual Representations of Violence: Sean Willcock (University of Oxford, UK)
8. Literary Representations of Violence: Fariha Shaikh (University of Birmingham, UK)
9. Technologies of Violence: Martin Thomas (University of Exeter, UK)
Notes
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
Volume 6: A Cultural History of Violence in the Modern Age
Edited by Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
List of Illustrations
General Editor's Preface
Introduction: Joanna Bourke
1. Understanding and Defining Violence: Richard Bessel (University of York UK)
2. Sacred Violence: Margo Kitts (Hawai'i Pacific University, USA)
3. Spaces of Violence: Laurence Ray (University of Kent, UK)
4. Authority and Violence: Carolyn Strange (Australian National University, Australia)
5. Persecution, Oppression, and Subjection: Jonathan Hyslop (Colgate University, United States)
6. Emotion and Violence: Bettina Hitzer (Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Germany) and Uffa Jensen (Technische Universität in Berlin, Germany)
7. Visual Representations of Violence: Ana Carden-Coyne (University of Manchester, UK)
8. Literary Representations of Violence: Joanna Bourke (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
9. Technologies of Violence: Charlie Hall (University of Kent, UK)
Notes
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
Product details

Published | 18 Dec 2025 |
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Format | Hardback - Pack |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN | 9781350140462 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
Illustrations | 240 bw illus |
Dimensions | 0 x 0 mm |
Series | The Cultural Histories Series |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |