blood-feuds

My topic is how in England in the seventeenth century, chronic blood-feuds in the provinces were put down through the formation of centralized government.

Hooping.org | Blog | DeAnn DeLuna: Inside The Hoop 2009

Fear or no fear, Khyber-mouth is haunted after dark by the men whose blood-feuds are too reeking raw to let them dare go home and for whom the British hangman very likely waits a mile or two farther south.

In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010

The "Hills" are the home of contrasts, of blood-feuds that last until the last-but-one man dies, and of friendships that no crime or need or slander can efface.

In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010

As an idea, habeas has its ancient origins among the seventh-century Normans, who began to shift from "blood-feuds" to a system of court-enforced compensation.

Anthony D. Romero: Cutting the Cake for an Ancient Rule of Law 2008

It was written to lessen the level of blood-feuds that were occurring due to the code of laws that was previously passed down orally.

A Change (and lack of) focus 2005

It was written to lessen the level of blood-feuds that were occurring due to the code of laws that was previously passed down orally.

Chris in Albania: 2005

I have fought in blood-feuds, tribal wars, and imperial campaigns.

The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

The men of the lower Zhaibar had too many reeking blood-feuds among the crag-dwellers.

The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

I have fought in blood-feuds, tribal wars, and imperial campaigns.

The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

Mahbub had no particular desire to die by violence, because two or three family blood-feuds across the Border hung unfinished on his hands, and when these scores were cleared he intended to settle down as a more or less virtuous citizen.

Kim 2003