240 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores the many types of medieval murder and many types of medieval murderers, from men killing other men in anger, envy or revenge, to women killing their husbands or their infants, from plotters assassinating their rulers to Christian mobs massacring Jews.
Over six chapters, this book discusses the interpretation and debates surrounding murder. It analyses murder in the frame of... Read more
Preface and Acknowledgements
1 The theology and law of homicide
2 Male homicide
3 Female homicide
4 Assassination
5 Punitive killing
6 Storytelling and homicide
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Trevor Dean is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the University of Roehampton (London). He has written extensively on late-medieval crime, criminality and criminal justice especially in Italy but also more broadly in Europe, investigating topics such as revenge, insult, theft, suicide, bigamy and (not least) homicide. His previous publications include Crime in Medieval Europe (2001) and Murder in Renaissance Italy edited with K.J.P. Lowe (2017).
