Early Modern Studies: Rituals of Execution in Renaissance Italy
(Part of the Early Modern Studies Series)
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In Renaissance Italy a good execution was both public and peaceful-at least in the eyes of authorities. In a feature unique to Italy, the people who prepared a condemned man or woman spiritually and psychologically for execution were not priests or friars, but laymen. This volume includes some of the songs, stories, poems, and images that they used, together with first-person accounts and ballads describing particular executions. Leading scholars...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1931112886
ISBN13:9781931112888
Release Date:October 2008
Publisher:Penn State University Press
Length:360 Pages
Weight:1.36 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"
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