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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

alteration of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] feide, from Anglo-French *faide, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German fēhida hostility, feud, Old English fāh hostile — foe

alteration of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] feide, from Anglo-French *faide, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German fēhida hostility, feud, Old English fāh hostile — foe

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]

==Definition==

==Definition==

*a [[mutual]] enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate; especially : blood feud

*a [[mutual]] enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate; especially : blood feud

Until the early modern period, feuds were considered legitimate [[legal]] instruments and were regulated to some [[degree]]. Once modern centralizing [[states]] asserted and enforced a [[monopoly]] on legitimate use of [[force]], feuds became illegal and the [[concept]] acquired its current [[negative]] connotation.

Until the early modern period, feuds were considered legitimate [[legal]] instruments and were regulated to some [[degree]]. Once modern centralizing [[states]] asserted and enforced a [[monopoly]] on legitimate use of [[force]], feuds became illegal and the [[concept]] acquired its current [[negative]] connotation.

A ''blood feud'' is a feud with a [[cycle]] of retaliatory [[violence]], with the [[relatives]] of someone who has been killed or otherwise wronged or dishonored seeking vengeance by killing or otherwise [[physically]] punishing the culprits or their relatives. Historically, the [[word]] ''vendetta'' has been used to mean a blood feud. The [[word]] is Italian, and [[originates]] from the Latin vindicta (vengeance). In modern times, the word is sometimes extended to mean any other long-standing feud, not necessarily involving bloodshed.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud]

A ''blood feud'' is a feud with a [[cycle]] of retaliatory [[violence]], with the [[relatives]] of someone who has been killed or otherwise wronged or dishonored seeking vengeance by killing or otherwise [[physically]] punishing the culprits or their relatives. Historically, the [[word]] ''vendetta'' has been used to mean a blood feud. The [[word]] is Italian, and [[originates]] from the Latin vindicta (vengeance). In modern times, the word is sometimes extended to mean any other long-standing feud, not necessarily involving bloodshed.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud]

[[Category: History]]

[[Category: History]]

[[Category: Political Science]]

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