"Better occasional murders than frequent adulteries";. banditry, violence and sacrifice in the mediterranean∗∗
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2156197 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Sant Cassia, Paul Cassia (0000-0001-8461-1279, Durham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-99 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-7206 • E-ISSN: 1477-2612 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02757206.2000.9960928 |
| OpenAlex | W2028694784 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
This article 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 popular imagination the brutal state execution of bandits turned them into popular figures of peasant suffering. It concludes by exploring the reasons for the polyvalence of banditry at different social levels
Archaeology · Criminology · Political science · Sacrifice · Sociology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |