Description
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.
This invaluable collection explores the many faces of murder and its cultural presences across the Italian peninsula in the Renaissance.
About the Author
Trevor Dean is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Roehampton, and one of the leading historians of crime in medieval Europe. His previous related publications include Crime and Justice in Late Medieval Italy (Cambridge, 2007) and a volume of essays, also co-edited with K. J. P. Lowe, entitled Crime, Law and Society in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge, 1994). K. J. P. Lowe is Professor of Renaissance History and Culture at Queen Mary University of London. Her previous publications include Church and Politics in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge, 2002) and Nuns' Chronicles and Convent Culture in Renaissance and Counter-Reformation Italy (Cambridge, 2003), and she edited (with T. F. Earle) Black Africans in Renaissance Europe (Cambridge, 2005). Her latest book, edited with Annemarie Jordan Gschwend, is The Global City: On the Streets of Renaissance Lisbon (2015).
Book Information
ISBN 9781107136649
Author Trevor Dean
Format Hardback
Page Count 322
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 660g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 158mm * 20mm
This invaluable collection explores the many faces of murder and its cultural presences across the Italian peninsula in the Renaissance.
About the Author
Trevor Dean is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Roehampton, and one of the leading historians of crime in medieval Europe. His previous related publications include Crime and Justice in Late Medieval Italy (Cambridge, 2007) and a volume of essays, also co-edited with K. J. P. Lowe, entitled Crime, Law and Society in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge, 1994). K. J. P. Lowe is Professor of Renaissance History and Culture at Queen Mary University of London. Her previous publications include Church and Politics in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge, 2002) and Nuns' Chronicles and Convent Culture in Renaissance and Counter-Reformation Italy (Cambridge, 2003), and she edited (with T. F. Earle) Black Africans in Renaissance Europe (Cambridge, 2005). Her latest book, edited with Annemarie Jordan Gschwend, is The Global City: On the Streets of Renaissance Lisbon (2015).
Book Information
ISBN 9781107136649
Author Trevor Dean
Format Hardback
Page Count 322
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 660g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 158mm * 20mm
