Rethinking Violence in Valencia and Catalonia: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century (Catalan Studies in Culture and Linguistics). Cet article n’est pas disponible.Rethinking Violence in Valencia and Catalonia: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century (Catalan Studies in Culture and Linguistics)

This book provides multifaceted analyses of everyday interpersonal violence in the Kingdom of Valencia and Catalonia between the 14th and 17th centuries. Employing qualitative and microhistorical approaches, its contributors weave a narrative tapestry where revenge among religious minorities, the impact of war on Muslim rural communities, and the phenomenon of banditry intertwine to reveal the social and cultural complexity of the era. Furthermore, its chapters explore piracy and mercenary activities, uncovering how these practices influenced social and economic dynamics.

Their contributors also delve into the trials against witches and the repression of heretical deviations or non-normative behaviors, offering a critical view on how these events were framed within the struggle for power and social control. The cumulative work of the authors not only sheds light on dark and forgotten aspects of history, but also prompts reflections on the nature of violence and its role in the construction of collective identities. With meticulous research and an interdisciplinary focus, this book is essential for understanding the history of violence in the Iberian Peninsula and its transcendence on contemporary society.

Guillermo López Juan is a predoctoral researcher at the Universities of Valencia and Picardie Jules Verne. His doctoral project focuses on analyzing the family dynamics, endogamy, and integration of the converso community in Valencia during the 15th century. More broadly, his research is contextualized within a marked interest in studying the relationships between different religious communities in the Iberian Peninsula in the Premodern Era.
Alejandro Llinares Planells holds a Ph.D. in Early Modern History from the University of Málaga and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the same institution. His doctoral work interweaves literature and archival sources to reconstruct the history of Iberian banditry during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. He has published several papers and book chapters on banditry, popular printing, public opinion and the death penalty in the Hispanic Monarchy.