A History of Violence
Welcome to A History of Violence, a resource on torture, fighting, weapons, and other related unpleasantness humans have inflicted on each other through the centuries. Whether you are researching a specific instance of violence in history, or you're a writer looking for an exotic way to torture your characters, or you're simply someone looking for information about man's violent history, I hope we have something to interest you. Check the Master List to see current articles. If you don't see what you're looking for, feel free to suggest a topic either through email or in the forums.
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Nov. 2004--I'm off working on other projects now, so there might not be any updates for a while. If you want to see what I'm working on, please visit Fitness Buddies,the Fireplace Blog, and Office Ergonomics Information.
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We are supposed to be the children of Seth; but Seth is too much of an effete nonentity to deserve ancestral regard. No, we are the sons of Cain, and with violence can be associated the attacks on sound, stone, wood and metal that produced civilization.
--Anthony Burgess
History of Violence News
December 24th
New reviews section has been added. History books and documentaries reviewed.
November 19th
New article Torture and Death for Accused Witches by Jennifer Milanese.
October 31st
Added short articles on tomahawks and ninjas.
October 23rd
Update: new article posted on cannibalism.
October 14th
Update: new article on head hunting. As if scalping wasn't enough... ;)
October 6th
Update: new article posted on burning at the stake.
September 27th
Update: new article posted on scalping. Learn all the grisly details!
I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners.
Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future.
--Edward Bond
Democracy don't rule the world, you better get that in your head; this world is ruled by violence, but I guess that's better left unsaid.
-- Bob Dylan
Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration, recognition, respect, and the genuflection of others honoring their sacred and proven masculinity. In male culture, police are heroic and so are outlaws; males who enforce standards are heroic and so are those who violate them.
-- Andrea Dworkin