Volume 1: A Cultural History of Violence in Antiquity
Edited by Fiona McHardy, University of Roehampton, UK
List of Illustrations
General Editor’s Preface
Introduction: 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)
Notes
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index

Volume 2: A Cultural History of Violence in the Middle Ages
Edited by Sara M. Butler, Ohio State University, USA
List of Illustrations
General Editor’s Preface
Introduction: 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)
Notes
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index

Volume 3: A Cultural History of Violence in the Renaissance
Edited by Jonathan Davies, University of Warwick, UK
List of Illustrations
General Editor’s Preface
Introduction: 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)
Notes
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index

Volume 4: A Cultural History of Violence in the Age of Enlightenment
Edited by Philip Dwyer, University of Newcastle, Australia
List of Illustrations
General Editor’s Preface
Introduction: 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)
Notes
Bibliography
Note on Contributors
Index

Volume 5: A Cultural History of Violence in the Age of Empire
Edited by Amanda Nettelbeck, University of Adelaide, Australia
List of Figures
General Editor’s Preface
Introduction: 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)
Notes
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index

Volume 6: A Cultural History of Violence in the Modern Age
Edited by Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
List of Illustrations
General Editor’s Preface
Introduction: Joanna Bourke
1. 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)
Notes
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index

The Cultural Histories are multi-volume sets that survey the social and cultural construction of specific subjects across six historical periods, broadly:

- Antiquity
- The Medieval Age
- The Early Modern Age
- The Age of Enlightenment
- The Age of Empire
- The Modern Age

The subjects covered range from Animals to Dress and Fashion, from Sport to Furniture, from Money to Fairy Tales. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters so that readers may gain an understanding of a period by reading an entire volume, or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Each six-volume set is illustrated.

Titles are available as printed sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).

PRAISE FOR THE SERIES
A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion
“Intriguing, surprising, and thought-provoking essays covering many cultural layers of dress history.”
CHOICE

A Cultural History of Fairy Tales
“A comprehensive treatise that belongs in every academic library concerned with a form of literature that has had broad appeal for centuries and continues to do so.”
CHOICE

A Cultural History of Hair
“A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.”
Times Literary Supplement

A Cultural History of Law
“These introductions should be of great use to scholars from across the periods.”
Law & Literature

A Cultural History of Peace
“The set is a good introduction to the study of peace and encourages looking at world history in a new way.”
CHOICE

A Cultural History of Theatre
“All six volumes are aesthetically attractive, with well-chosen cover illustrations in color and numerous halftones throughout. Page layouts with wide margins, good paper, subtitles, generous bibliographies, notes, and index all add to the appeal.”
CHOICE

A Cultural History of Tragedy
“A highly contemporary work, alert to politics, social theory and sexuality.”
London Review of Books

A Cultural History of Western Empires
“Students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here.”
CHOICE

A Cultural History of Work
“[Programs] such as economics, American and world history, women’s studies, and art history will benefit from the information herein.”
American Reference Books Annual