Crime and Forgiveness: Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe

ISBN-13: 9780674659841 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 640 str.

Adriano Prosperi; Jeremy Carden

Opis

The public execution of criminals has been a common practice since ancient times. Adriano Prosperi identifies a crucial period when concepts of vengeance and justice merged with Christian beliefs in repentance and forgiveness, to eventually give political authorities a moral rationale for encoding the death penalty into law.