Murder in Renaissance Italy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781316501962)

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.

Author: Trevor Dean
ISBN-10: 1316501965
ISBN-13: 9781316501962
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/26/2020
Pages: 325
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d