Criminal Justice and Crime in Late Renaissance Florence, 1537-1609 - Couverture souple

Brackett, John K.

 
9780521522489: Criminal Justice and Crime in Late Renaissance Florence, 1537-1609
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 052152248X ISBN 13 : 9780521522489
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This book examines in detail the Florentine system of criminal justice under the reign of the first three Medici grand dukes, from 1537 to 1609. The author discusses the structure and functions of the court, the operation of the two city prisons, and the definition and treatment of the major categories of crime. His main purpose is to shed light on the character of the Medicean state by examining the effectiveness of its main instrument of social control. The study is important for the amount of detail that it offers for such an early period, and it helps to vitiate the usefulness of the term 'absolutist,' which conveys a misleading picture of the early modern state.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book examines in detail the Florentine system of criminal justice under the reign of the first three Medici grand dukes, from 1537 to 1609. The author discusses the structure and functions of the court, the operation of the two city prisons, and the definition and treatment of the major categories of crime. His main purpose is to shed light on the character of the Medicean state by examining the effectiveness of its main instrument of social control. The study is important for the amount of detail that it offers for such an early period, and it helps to vitiate the usefulness of the term 'absolutist,' which conveys a misleading picture of the early modern state.

Revue de presse

"This is an important book on a neglected topic and period of Florentine history. It adds texture to the increasingly lively debate about the origins of the modern state, and it further qualifies the received wisdom that Medicean Tuscany was 'absolute.'" Carol Bresnahan Menning, Sixteenth Century Journal

"[Brackett's] conclusions are persuasive and his presentation of the Otto sober and judicious." Times Literary Supplement

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
052152248X
ISBN 13 
9780521522489
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780521404051: Criminal Justice and Crime in Late Renaissance Florence, 1537–1609

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521404053 ISBN 13 :  9780521404051
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1992
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