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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972406303321

Autore

Vallerani Massimo

Titolo

Medieval public justice / / Massimo Vallerani ; translated by Sarah Rubin Blanshei

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8132-1972-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law; Series ; ; v.v. 9

Studies in medieval and early modern canon law ; ; v. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

BlansheiSarah Rubin

Disciplina

345.4505

Soggetti

Criminal procedure - Italy - History - To 1500

Procedure (Law) - Italy - History - To 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. 349-372) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Procedure and justice in the Italian cities of the late middle ages (twelfth-fourteenth centuries) -- How procedures think : facts and the trial -- The accusatory system in action : Bologna between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries -- Peace accord and trial in the judicial system : the example of Perugia -- How the inquisition is constructed: arbitrium and power in Perugia -- The inquisitorial trial in the political struggles in Bologna between the Duecento and Trecento -- The petition to the Signore and the power of mercy.

Sommario/riassunto

In a series of essays based on surviving documents of actual court practices from Perugia and Bologna, as well as laws, statutes, and theoretical works from the 12th and 13th centuries, Massimo Vallerani offers important historical insights into the establishment of a trial-based public justice system.