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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964409903321

Autore

Polverini Fosi Irene

Titolo

Papal justice : subjects and courts in the Papal State, 1500-1750 / / Irene Fosi ; translated by Thomas V. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8132-1906-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CohenThomas V <1942-> (Thomas Vance)

Disciplina

347.45/6

Soggetti

Justice, Administration of - Italy - Papal States - History - Modern period, 1500-

Courts - Italy - Papal States - History - Modern period, 1500-

Civil procedure - Italy - Papal States - History - Modern period, 1500-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A complex geography -- Roman tribunals in the early modern period -- The "new" inquisition and the pope's city -- The theater of justice -- Restless nobles -- Collaboration and conflicts : governors, bishops, inquisitors -- Sins and crimes -- Inside the family -- Disciplining the clergy -- Buon governo : between Utopia and reality -- Little fatherlands : local identity and central power -- Rivers of ink : petitions, memorials, letters -- Justice represented, justice recounted.

Sommario/riassunto

This lively overview of the papal justice system reaches a transatlantic readership and makes available the fruit of Fosi's decades-long research in unpublished archives in Rome and the Vatican.