Cultural History of Violence

Philip Dwyer is Professor of History and the founding Director of the Centre for the History of Violence at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has published widely on the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, including a three-volume biography of Napoleon.

• Volume 1: A Cultural History of Violence in AntiquityEdited by Fiona McHardy, University of Roehampton, UKList of IllustrationsGeneral Editor’s PrefaceIntroduction: Violence in Antiquity: Fiona McHardy (University of Roehampton, UK)1. Understanding and Defining Violence: Fiona McHardy (University of Roehampton, UK)2. Sacred Violence: Mar Marcos (University of Cantabria, Spain)3. Spaces of Violence: Werner Riess (University of Hamburg, Germany)4. Authority and Violence: Filippo Carlà-Uhink (University of Potsdam, Germany)5. Persecution, Oppression, and Subjection: Dan Zhao (Australian National University, Australia)6. Emotions and Violence: Owen Rees (Birmingham Newman University, UK)7. Visual Representations of Violence: Cezary Kucewicz (University of Gdansk, Poland and University of Cambridge, UK)8. Literary Representations of Violence: Kathryn Chew (California State University, Long Beach, USA)9. Technologies of Violence: Obert Bernard Mlambo (Rhodes University, South Africa)NotesBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndexVolume 2: A Cultural History of Violence in the Middle AgesEdited by Sara M. Butler, Ohio State University, USAList of IllustrationsGeneral Editor’s PrefaceIntroduction: Violence in the Middle Ages: Sara M. Butler (Ohio State University, USA)1. Understanding and Defining Violence: Warren C. Brown (California Institute of Technology, USA)2. Sacred Violence: Jessalynn Bird (Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA)3. Spaces of Violence: Patricia Turning (Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA)4. Authority and Violence: Jelle Haemers (KU Leuven, Belgium)5. Persecution, Oppression, and Subjection: Mark D. Meyerson (University of Toronto, Canada)6. Emotion and Violence: Kate McGrath (Central Connecticut State University, USA)7. Visual Representations of Violence: Martha Easton (Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, USA)8. Literary Representations of Violence: Larissa Tracy (Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia, USA)9. Technologies of Violence: Dan Spencer (Independent Scholar)NotesBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndexVolume 3: A Cultural History of Violence in the RenaissanceEdited by Jonathan Davies, University of Warwick, UKList of IllustrationsGeneral Editor’s PrefaceIntroduction: Violence in the Renaissance: Jonathan Davies (University of Warwick, UK)1. Understanding and Defining Violence: Colin Rose (Brock University, Canada)2. Sacred Violence: Andrew Spicer (Oxford Brookes University, UK)3. Spaces of Violence: Thomas V. Cohen (York University, Canada)4. Authority and Violence: Colin Rose (Brock University, Canada)5. Persecution, Oppression, and Subjection: Lu Ann Homza (College of William & Mary, United States)6. Emotion and Violence: Sarah Covington (City University of New York, United States)7. Visual Representations of Violence: Bridget Heal (University of St. Andrews, UK)8. Literary Representations of Violence: Jonathan Davies (University of Warwick, UK)9. Technologies of Violence: Brian Sandberg (Northern Illinois University, United States)NotesBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex Volume 4: A Cultural History of Violence in the Age of EnlightenmentEdited by Philip Dwyer, University of Newcastle, AustraliaList of IllustrationsGeneral Editor’s PrefaceIntroduction: Violence in the Age of Enlightenment: Philip Dwyer (University of Newcastle, Australia)1. Understanding and Defining Violence: Philip Dwyer (University of Newcastle, Australia)2. Sacred Violence: Brian Sandberg (Northern Illinois University, USA)3. Spaces of Violence: Marianna Muravyeva (University of Helsinki, Finland)4. Authority and Violence: Jonah Miller (University of Cambridge, UK)5. Persecution, Oppression, and Subjection: Jean-Frédéric Schaub (École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris, France) and Anna Joukovskaia (Center for Russian, East-European, Caucasian, and Central-Asian Studies, Paris, France)6. Emotion and Violence: Katie Barclay (Macquarie University, Australia)7. Visual Representations of Violence: Howard G. Brown (Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA)8. Literary Representations of Violence: Neil Ramsey (University of New South Wales, Australia)9. Technologies of Violence: Wayne E. Lee (University of North Carolina, United States)NotesBibliographyNote on ContributorsIndexVolume 5: A Cultural History of Violence in the Age of EmpireEdited by Amanda Nettelbeck, University of Adelaide, AustraliaList of FiguresGeneral Editor’s PrefaceIntroduction: Violence in the Age of Empire: Amanda Nettelbeck (University of Adelaide, Australia)1. Understanding and Defining Violence: Tony Ballantyne (University of Otago, New Zealand)2. Sacred Violence: Christopher Hartney (University of Sydney, Australia)3. Spaces of Violence: Victoria Haskins (University of Newcastle, Australia) and Fae Dussart (University of Sussex, UK)4. Authority and Violence: Lisa Ford (George Washington University, United States) and Amanda Nettelbeck (University of Adelaide, Australia)5. Persecution, Oppression, and Subjection: Michelle Gordon (Uppsala University, Sweden)6. Emotion and Violence: Jane Lydon (University of Western Australia, Australia)7. Visual Representations of Violence: Sean Willcock (University of Oxford, UK)8. Literary Representations of Violence: Fariha Shaikh (University of Birmingham, UK)9. Technologies of Violence: Martin Thomas (University of Exeter, UK)NotesBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndexVolume 6: A Cultural History of Violence in the Modern AgeEdited by Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck, University of London, UKList of IllustrationsGeneral Editor’s PrefaceIntroduction: Joanna Bourke1. Understanding and Defining Violence: Richard Bessel (University of York UK)2. Sacred Violence: Margo Kitts (Hawai’i Pacific University, USA)3. Spaces of Violence: Laurence Ray (University of Kent, UK)4. Authority and Violence: Carolyn Strange (Australian National University, Australia)5. Persecution, Oppression, and Subjection: Jonathan Hyslop (Colgate University, United States)6. Emotion and Violence: Bettina Hitzer (Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Germany) and Uffa Jensen (Technische Universität in Berlin, Germany)7. Visual Representations of Violence: Ana Carden-Coyne (University of Manchester, UK)8. Literary Representations of Violence: Joanna Bourke (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)9. Technologies of Violence: Charlie Hall (University of Kent, UK)NotesBibliographyList of ContributorsIndex