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02340aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 068D19566B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 150715s2015 xxk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0198745761 020 $a 9780198745761 035 $a (OCoLC)913853272 040 $a ERASA $b eng $e rda $c ERASA $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d CDX $d NLE $d OCLCO $d FQG $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d S3O $d OCLCO $d DEBSZ $d CHVBK $d SILO 043 $a e------ 050 4 $a PR421 A67 2015 100 1 $a Appelbaum, Robert, $e author. 245 10 $a Terrorism before the letter : $b mythography and political violence in England, Scotland, and France 1559-1642 / $c Robert Appelbaum. 264 1 $a Oxford : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2015. 300 $a 270 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a 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; 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.0. 650 0 $a English literature $y Early modern, 1500-1700 $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a French literature $y Early modern, 1500-1700 $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Terrorism in literature. 650 0 $a Terrorism $z Europe $x History $y 16th century. 650 0 $a Terrorism $z Europe $x History $y 17th century. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214023727.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161103032916.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=068D19566B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search