Title: Papal justice : subjects and courts in the Papal State, 1500-1750 /
Authors: Fosi, Irene, 1951-; Cohen, Thomas V. 1942-; Cohen, Thomas V. 1942-
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Civil procedure Italy Papal States History; Courts Italy Papal States History; Justice, Administration of Italy Papal States History; Civil procedure Papal States History; Courts Papal States History; Justice, Administration of Papal States History; Papal States Politics and government.
Contents: A complex geography -- Roman tribunals in the early modern period -- The "new" inquisition and the pope's city -- The theater of justice -- Restless nobles -- Collaboration and conflicts : governors, bishops, inquisitors -- Sins and crimes -- Inside the family -- Disciplining the clergy -- Buon governo : between Utopia and reality -- Little fatherlands : local identity and central power -- Rivers of ink : petitions, memorials, letters -- Justice represented, justice recounted.