Terrorism Before the Letter: Mythography and Political Violence in England, Scotland, and France 1559-1642

by Robert Appelbaum

Beginning around 1559 and continuing through 1642, writers in England, Scotland, and France found themselves pre-occupied with an unusual sort of crime, a crime without a name which today we call "terrorism." These crimes were especially dangerous because they were aimed at violating not just the law but the fabric of law itself. Yet they were also, from an opposite point of view, especially hopeful, for they seemed to have the power of unmaking a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198745761
• ISBN13: 9780198745761
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"