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100 1 $aAppelbaum, Robert,$eauthor.
245 10 $aTerrorism before the letter :$bmythography and political violence in England, Scotland, and France 1559-1642 /$cRobert Appelbaum.
250 $aFirst Edition.
264 1 $aOxford ;$aNew York, NY :$bOxford University Press,$c2015.
300 $a270 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 8 $aBeginning 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; and yet they were also, from an opposite point of view, especially hopeful, for they seemed to have the power of unmaking a systematic injustice and restoring a nation to its 'ancient liberty'. The Bible and the annals of classical history were full of examples: Ehud assassinating King Eglon of Moab; Samson bringing down the temple in Gaza; Catiline arousing a conspiracy of terror in republican Rome; Marcus Brutus leading a conspiracy against the life of Julius Caesar. More recent history provided examples too: legends about Mehmed II and his concubine Irene; the assassination in Florence of Duke Alessandro de 'Medici, by his cousin Lorenzino.
650 0 $aEnglish literature$yEarly modern, 1500-1700$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aFrench literature$y16th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aTerrorism in literature.
650 0 $aTerrorism$zEurope$xHistory$y16th century.
650 0 $aTerrorism$zEurope$xHistory$y17th century.
852 00 $bglx$hPR438$i.T45 2015