'Better Occasional Murders than Frequent Adulteries': Discourses on Banditry, Violence, and Sacrifice in the Mediterranean
(2006)
Book Chapter
Sant Cassia, P. (2006). 'Better Occasional Murders than Frequent Adulteries': Discourses on Banditry, Violence, and Sacrifice in the Mediterranean. In F. Coronil, & J. Skurski (Eds.), States of violence (219-268). University of Michigan Press
This book chapter explores both the conditions that led to widespread violence and banditry in the Mediterranean up till the early 19th century, and the mechanisms operative to extract consent and complicity at the grassroots. It then examines how in... Read More about 'Better Occasional Murders than Frequent Adulteries': Discourses on Banditry, Violence, and Sacrifice in the Mediterranean.