Blood and Violence in Early Modern France

ISBN: 9780199290451 出版年：2010 页码：384 Carroll, Stuart Oxford University Press

French manners and civility were the model for European civilization, while feud is associated with backward societies. Yet in France thousands of men died in duels in which the supposed rules of honour were regularly flouted. In this detailed and original book Stuart Carroll explores the nature of vengeance and reveals the dark side of Renaissance civilization.