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A study of Florentine criminal justice under the reign of the first three Medici grand dukes.

Drawing on a wide body of internationally-renowned scholars, including a core of Italians, this volume focuses on new material and puts crime and disorder in Re

An alternative history of the Renaissance—as seen through the emerging literature of beauty tips—focusing on the actresses, authors, and courtesans who rebe

This book is the first to investigate the practice of summary justice in a late medieval Italian commune. In delineating the political and social context of tha

Medieval Italian communes are known for their violence, feuds, and vendettas, yet beneath this tumult was a society preoccupied with peace. Peace and Penance in