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The Changing Face of Violence

Joel F. Harrington

The Changing Face of Violence
How far have we come? Execution of a corrupt finance minister and thieving youth in Augsburg, 1579. (Credit: Zentralbibliothek Zurich)
A debate has kicked off among scholars on whether we have become inherently more peaceful. A more important question is whether we actually understand the many forms violence takes.
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Joel F. Harrington is Professor of History at Vanderbilt University and author of The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2013).

Weather and War, Reconsidered

Scott K. Taylor

Weather and War, Reconsidered
The dark days of the ‘Iron Century:’ The Battle of Lutzen and death of Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus in 1632, from a painting by Karl Rauber (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images).
What the calamities of the seventeenth century can teach today’s scholars about climate change, war, and policy-making.
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Scott K. Taylor is Associate Professor of History at the University of Kentucky. He manages the blog EM Spanish History Notes.

A transcendent God

Prof. Scott K. Taylor, guest blogger In my last post, I described how small shifts in the beliefs in miracles and demons can lead to enormous theological changes. Today I want to present a similar ...
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Miracles and demonic possession

Prof. Scott K. Taylor, guest blogger Yesterday I wrote about the end of miracles. But what about demonic possession? Did that ever really exist? Prof. H.C. Erik Midelfort of the University of ...
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When did miracles end?

Prof. Scott K. Taylor, guest blogger The fight between Protestants and Catholics helps explain what is at stake in the belief in miracles. But the controversy was not simply about Catholics ...
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