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Exemplary Violence explores the violent colonial history of the New Kingdom of Granada (modern-day Colombia and Venezuela) by examining three seventeenth-century historical accountsPedro Simns Noticias historiales, Juan Rodrguez Freiles El carnero, and Lucas Fernndez de Piedrahitas Historia generaleach of which reveals the colonizers reliance on the threat of violence to sustain order.