Editing Revenge (section)

== History ==
[[File:Notification on 21 October 1941.jpg|thumbnail|German announcement of killing 2300 civilians in [[Kragujevac massacre]] as retaliation for 10 killed German soldiers. Nazi-occupied [[Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia|Serbia]], 1941.]]
[[Francis Bacon]] described revenge as a kind of "wild justice" that "does [..]. offend the law [and] putteth the law out of office."<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Francis Bacon "On Revenge" |url=http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/revenge/revenge.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008033020/http://rjgeib.com/thoughts/revenge/revenge.html |archive-date=2012-10-08 |access-date=2012-10-08 |work=rjgeib.com}}</ref>

[[Feud]]s are cycles of [[Provocation (legal)|provocation]] and retaliation, fueled by a desire for revenge and carried out over long periods of time by familial or tribal groups. They were an important part of many [[pre-industrial society|pre-industrial societies]], especially in the Mediterranean region. They still persist in some areas, notably in [[Albania]] with its tradition of ''[[gjakmarrja]]'' or "blood feuds", revenge that is carried out not only by the individual, but by their extended relations for generations to come.<ref>"[http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2008/0625/p01s02-woeu.html Peacemaker breaks the ancient grip of Albania's blood feuds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123013609/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2008/0625/p01s02-woeu.html |date=2016-11-23 }}". ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'' June 24, 2008</ref>

Blood feuds are still practised in many parts of the world, including Kurdish regions of [[Turkey]] and in [[Papua New Guinea]].<ref>"[http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-turkey-attack-feuds-analysis-idUKTRE5443HC20090505 Blood feuds and gun violence plague Turkey's southeast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129053621/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-turkey-attack-feuds-analysis-idUKTRE5443HC20090505 |date=2019-11-29 }}". Reuters. May 5, 2009</ref><ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4181042.stm Deadly twist to PNG's tribal feuds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218141806/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4181042.stm |date=2008-12-18 }}". BBC News. August 25, 2005</ref>

In Japan, honouring one's family, clan, or lord through the practice of revenge killings is called "katakiuchi" (敵討ち). These killings could also involve the relatives of an offender. Today, katakiuchi is most often pursued by peaceful means, but revenge remains an important part of Japanese culture.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mills|first=D. E.|title=Kataki-Uchi: The Practice of Blood-Revenge in Pre-Modern Japan|journal=Modern Asian Studies|year=1976|volume=10|issue=4|pages=525–542|doi=10.1017/S0026749X00014943|s2cid=145215338 }}</ref>