A Renaissance of Violence: Homicide in Early Modern Italy

ISBN-13: 9781108726924 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 259 str.

Colin Rose

Opis

This in-depth analysis of homicide patterns in seventeenth-century Italy explores the social contexts behind a sharp rise in interpersonal violence.

Recenzje

'… Renaissance of Violence is not only an excellent study of homicidal violence, but also a useful model for future studies in the field …' Peter Sposato, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books (Rutgers)

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. The tower of justice; 3. Homicide in Bologna, 1600–1700; 4. Gender and homicide in early modern Bologna; 5. The days after no future: post-plague homicides in rural Bologna; 6. It's good to have land: the defense of noble privilege through violence; Conclusion.