A Global History of Early Modern Violence

A Global History of Early Modern Violence by Erica Charters

This is the first extensive analysis of large-scale violence and the methods of its restraint in the early modern world. Using examples from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe, it questions the established narrative that violence was only curbed through the rise of western-style nation states and civil societies. Global history allows us to reframe and challenge traditional models for the history of violence and to rethink categories and units of analysis through comparisons. By decentring Europe and exploring alternative patterns of violence, the contributors to this volume articulate the significance of violence in narratives of state- and empire-building, as well as in their failure and decline, while also providing new means of tracing the transition from the early modern to modernity. An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. -- .

Erica Charters is Associate Professor of Global History and the History of Medicine at the University of Oxford
Marie Houllemare is Professor of Early Modern History at the Université de Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens)
Peter H. Wilson is Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford

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ISBN 13	9781526140609
ISBN 10	1526140608
Title	A Global History of Early Modern Violence
Author	Erica Charters
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Year published	2020-09-01
Number of pages	320
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