Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Violence: Reflections About a Word

Chapter 3 Violence as an Essentially Contested Concept

Chapter 4 Homicide in Scandinavia: Long-Term Trends and Their Interpretations

Chapter 5 Violence in France’s Past: An Anthropological Approach

Chapter 6 The Fall and Rise of Homicide in Ireland

Chapter 7 Violence in Present-Day France: Data and Sociological Analysis

Chapter 8 From Old Threats to Enigmatic Enemies: The Evolution of European Policies from Low Intensity Violence to Homegrown Terrorism

Chapter 9 The Language of Violence: Symbolic Body Parts in Marital Conflicts in Early Modern France

Chapter 10 Negotiating Violence and Gender: Security and the Night Time Economy in the UK

Chapter 11 Violence and War: Measuring Homicide in Belgium (1900–1950)

Chapter 13 Violence and Violence-Control in Long-Term Perspective: ‘Testing’ Elias in Relation to War, Genocide, Crime, Punishment and Sport