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Bloodfeud in Scotland 1573-1625: Violence, Justice and Politics in an Early Modern Society
Bloodfeud in Scotland 15731625 Violence Justice and Politics in an Early Modern Society Author:Keith M. Brown Scotland provides a fascinating focus for the study because feuding survived until remarkably late there, and thus is much better documented than in other European societies. This examination of the Scottish evidence shows its relevance to the wider European community to which the Scots belonged, reveals much about the nature of the bloodfeud in... more » general, and explores the changes in society which at last brought about its suppression.« less