1st Edition
The Social Politics of Criminal Justice in Florentine Tuscany, c. 1282–1382 A Popular Failure
By Joseph Figliulo-Rosswurm
Copyright 2027
236 Pages
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Routledge
This book explores how medieval Florentines, grappling with the rising inequality and political instability of rapid urbanization and economic growth, addressed the challenge of questioning the goals of public power and public institutions such as criminal courts.
Through archival records, it reveals how the ideological claims and practices of criminal justice worked their way into rural... Read more
Introduction
1. The Course of Events, c. 1282–1382
2. The Second Popular Regime’s Project: Legitimacy, Resources, Rural Mobilization
3. The Criminal Justice Apparatus and its Reception
4. Female Scripts and Experiences in the Criminal Courts
5. Rural Violence, Gender Rights, and Immunity
6. Rural Conflicts in Context: The Community of Latera in the 1340s
Conclusion
Biography
Joseph Figliulo-Rosswurm is a medieval historian whose work has appeared in journals including Renaissance Quarterly. He works in special education in the Chicago area.
