00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000002750 20221111125736 0010-0520002750 221111################|##########|#eng## 978-0-7456-4378 eng 364.1523 364.1523 SPI h Spierenburg, Pieter History of Murder : Personal Violence in Europe From the Middle Ages to the Present / Pieter Spierenburg Cambridge : Polity Press, 2008 vi, 274 p. : illus. ; 23 cm. Indeks : P.270-274 P.247-269 This book offers a fascinating and insightful overview of seven centuries of murder in Europe. It tells the story of the changing face of violence and document the long-term decline in the incidence of homicide. From medieval vendettas to stylized duels,from the crime passionnel of the modern period right up to recent public anxieties about serial killings and underworld assassinations, the book offers a richly illustrated account of murder's metamorphoses. Murder 09791/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09792/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09792/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09791/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09791/MKRI-P/XI-2008 09792/MKRI-P/XI-2008