A fiery & furious people : a history of violence in England
2022年6月11日 · Professor James Sharpe explores the brutal underside of our national life across some seven centuries. And as he looks at the litany of assaults, murders and riots that pepper our history he traces the subtle shifts both in the nature of violence and in people's attitudes to it.
A Fiery & Furious People : A History of Violence in England
2016年9月8日 · From murder to duelling, highway robbery to mugging: the darker side of English life explored. Spanning some seven centuries, A Fiery & Furious People traces the subtle shifts that have taken...
A Fiery & Furious People: A History of Violence in England
2016年9月8日 · From murder to duelling, highway robbery to mugging: the darker side of English life explored. Spanning some seven centuries, A Fiery & Furious People traces the subtle shifts that have taken place both in the nature of violence and in people’s attitudes to it.
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A Fiery & Furious People: A History of Violence in England
2018年6月1日 · From the tragic tale of Mary Clifford, whose death at the hands of her employer scandalised Georgian London, to an account of the violent activities of Victorian Manchester's scuttling gangs, via a character portrait of the duel-obsessed Cavalier Sir John Reresby, A Fiery & Furious People explores the brutal underside of our national life in all...
A Fiery & Furious People: A History of Violence in England - Goodreads
2014年5月1日 · Spanning some seven centuries, A Fiery & Furious People traces the subtle shifts that have taken place both in the nature of violence and in people’s attitudes to it. How could football be regarded at one moment as a raucous pastime that should be banned, and the next as a respectable sport that should be encouraged?
A Fiery & Furious People : A History of Violence in England
In A History of Violence in England Professor James Sharpe explores the brutal underside of our national life across some seven centuries. And as he looks at the litany of assaults, murders and...
A Fiery & Furious People - Penguin Books UK
From murder to duelling, highway robbery to mugging: the darker side of English life explored. Spanning some seven centuries, A Fiery & Furious People traces the subtle shifts that have taken place both in the nature of violence and in people’s attitudes to it.
Fiery and Furious People: A History of Violence in England, by …
2019年3月11日 · Defining violence—more narrowly than some prominent philosophers and social scientists—as ‘the use of physical force to injure or damage people or property, or … language or behaviour that threatens to do so’, Sharpe acknowledges that, while violence is frequently derided as ‘meaningless’ or ‘mindless’, most acts of violence ...
A Fiery & Furious People by James Sharpe - Waterstones
2018年3月8日 · From murder to duelling, highway robbery to mugging: the darker side of English life explored. Spanning some seven centuries, A Fiery & Furious People traces the subtle shifts that have taken place both in the nature of violence and in people’s attitudes to it.
A Fiery & Furious People - James Sharpe - Google Books
Times Literary SupplementFrom the tragic tale of Mary Clifford, whose death at the hands of her employer scandalised Georgian London, to an account of the violent activities of Victorian...