Title: Murder in renaissance Italy /
Authors: Dean, Trevor,; Lowe, K. J. P.,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Murder Italy History.; Murder; Italy History; Italy History; Italy
Abstract: This invaluable collection explores the many faces of murder, and its cultural presences, across the Italian peninsula between 1350 and 1650. These shape the content in different ways: the faces of homicide range from the ordinary to the sensational, from the professional to the accidental, from the domestic to the public; while the cultural presence of homicide is revealed through new studies of sculpture, paintings, and popular literature. Dealing with a range of murders, and informed by the latest criminological research on homicide, it brings together new research by an international team of specialists on a broad range of themes: different kinds of killers (by gender, occupation, and situation); different kinds of victim (by ethnicity, gender, and status); and different kinds of evidence (legal, judicial, literary, and pictorial). It will be an indispensable resource for students of Renaissance Italy, late medieval/early modern crime and violence, and homicide studies.
Contents: Pt. I. Domestic murder -- pt. II. Ordinary murder -- pt. III. Sensational murder -- pt. IV. Unclassified murder -- pt. V. Professional murder.