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Habitual offenders : a true tale of nuns, prostitutes, and murderers in seventeenth-century Italy / Craig A. Monson.
LIBRA HV6535.I83 B658 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Monson, Craig (Craig A.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--Italy--History--17th century.
- Murder.
- Nuns--Crimes against--Italy--Bologna.
- Nuns.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Italy--History--17th century.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Nuns--Crimes against.
- History.
- Italy.
- Italy--Bologna.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Bologna: 1. Airing dirty linen ; 2. A tale of two sisters ; 3. The soldier of misfortune and the tailor's son ; 4. A grave mistake ; 5. Pas devant les domestiques ; 6. Novus homo ; 7. Light at the top of the stairs
- Rome. 8. Dragnet ; 9. Cat and mouse games ; 10. Home court advantage
- Bologna. 11. "In this town they're all malicious liars!" ; 12. "I don't know this Suor Laura Vittoria!" ; 13. "Se sara fatto pamphilio / I Barberini Andrano in Esilio" ; 14. "A few days in jail for love of me" ; 15. Return to the scene of the crime ; 16. A gentleman never tells ; 17. Unfinished business
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226335339
- 022633533X
- OCLC:
- 919341796
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