{"product_id":"civil-blood-vendetta-violence-and-the-civic-elites-in-early-modern-italy-hardback-9781501781902","title":"Civil Blood; Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy (Hardback) 9781501781902","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCivil Blood\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eVendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAmanda G. Madden (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501781902\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 November 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 3 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 1 map - 3 Halftones, black and white - 1 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCivil Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a study of the practice of vendetta among the civic elites in sixteenth-century Italy and illustrates the complex and integral role that vendetta violence played in civic life and state formation on the winding path to state centralization.\u003c\/b\u003e At many temporal, geographic, and political points in early modern Italy, vendetta appears to have not only disrupted but also constituted the processes by which the modern state emerged. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmanda G. Madden examines vendetta as both central to politics and as an engine of change and illustrates the degree to which key phenomena of the period - state centralization, growing bureaucracies, institutional reforms, and the process of state formation - were interpenetrated by, and not simply opposed to, ongoing factional violence among civic elites. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMadden further illuminates in \u003ci\u003eCivil Blood\u003c\/i\u003e how elites utilized violent enmities to maintain a grip on political control and negotiated with the duke concerning political power and civic prerogatives. As a result, ruling elites not only defined their own place in governance but also shaped the function and definition of government.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670795546904,"sku":"9781501781902","price":40.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/civil-blood-vendetta-violence-and-the-civic-elites-in-early-modern-italy-hardback-9781501781902","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}