Murder in renaissance Italy / edited by Trevor Dean, K. J. P. Lowe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dean, Trevor, editor.

Lowe, K. J. P., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murder--Italy--History.

Murder.

Italy--History--1268-1492.

Italy.

Italy--History--1492-1870.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 311 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2017).

ISBN:

1-108-23890-4

1-108-23940-4

1-108-23950-1

1-108-23960-9

1-316-50196-5

1-316-48004-6

1-108-23970-6

1-108-24010-0