{"product_id":"feuding-conflict-and-banditry-in-nineteenth-century-corsica-paperback-9780521522649","title":"Feuding, Conflict and Banditry in Nineteenth-Century Corsica (Paperback) 9780521522649","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFeuding, Conflict and Banditry in Nineteenth-Century Corsica\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of vendetta and banditry, applying insights from the field of social anthropology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen Wilson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521522649, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 October 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e576 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.1 x 3.6 cm, 0.888 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\"\u003eCorsica is associated in many people's minds with vendetta and banditry, but these phenomena have not been studied systematically. Using accounts by visitors and officials and particularly judicial records, this book provides such a study for the nineteenth century. Accounts of specific feuds lasting over many generations are given, including that which inspired Mérimée's Colomba, and the whole phenomenon is set in its proper context of competition for scarce material resources and power in a traditional agro-pastoral society. Attitudes to death and the dead are examined, and reveal a divergence between local practice and belief and official Christianity, and the persistence of the notion that the spirit of the slain requires to be placated with blood. A general theme is the impact upon an isolated traditional society, and its system of sanctions, of incorporation into a modern state with courts and police.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Corsica in the nineteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 2. The history and incidence of feuds\u003cbr\u003e 3. Conflict and its causes: conflicts of material interest\u003cbr\u003e 4. Conflict and its causes: conflicts of honour\u003cbr\u003e 5. Conflict and its causes: intrafamilial conflict\u003cbr\u003e 6. Conflict and its causes: inter-community conflict\u003cbr\u003e 7. Obligation and organization in the feud\u003cbr\u003e 8. Immunity and disruption\u003cbr\u003e 9. Concilation and peacemaking\u003cbr\u003e 10. Feuding and the courts\u003cbr\u003e 11. Patronage and political conflict\u003cbr\u003e 12. Banditry\u003cbr\u003e 13. Death and the dead\u003cbr\u003e 14. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Sources and bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019766354200,"sku":"9780521522649","price":42.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521522649i_9274ca9c-6791-4588-a42e-f8d95e09783f.jpg?v=1691383656","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/feuding-conflict-and-banditry-in-nineteenth-century-corsica-paperback-9780521522649","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}