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Article: Faces of violence: homicide trends and cultural meanings: Amsterdam, 1431-1816.
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- Journal of Social History
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- June 22, 1994
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It would be hard to imagine a historical setting without violence. Throughout the ages, for example, the rulers of states have waged war against their enemies or employed police forces against lawbreakers. The focus of my research is what their subjects did to each other in ordinary social intercourse. In the historiography of interpersonal violence we can distinguish two largely independent approaches. The first, influenced by anthropological notions, may be termed the cultural approach. In it, violence is analyzed primarily in qualitative terms. The emphasis lies on concepts of honor, ritual behavior and the meaning contemporaries attributed to violent acts. Natalie Davis ...
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