02877nam 22004812 450 991080940380332120240117212924.090-04-39239-410.1163/9789004392397(CKB)4970000000170192(MiAaPQ)EBC5842550(nllekb)BRILL9789004392397(EXLCZ)99497000000017019220190211d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierExceptional crime in early modern Spain taxonomic and intellectual perspectives /by Elena del Rio ParraLeiden ;Boston :Brill,[2019]1 online resource (230 pages)The medieval and early modern Iberian world,1569-1934 ;volume 68.90-04-39017-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- A Murder of Crows -- The Taxonomic Axis of Fatality: From Series of Monsters to Serial Murderers -- Sketching the Face of Evil: Pioneering Serial Killers -- On the Edge: Living between Suicide and Madness -- Expressing Criminal Behavior -- Dying in Parts: Criminography and the Cult of Excess -- Cleaning the Crime Scene -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Subjects.Exceptional Crime in Early Modern Spain accounts for the representation of violent and complex murders, analysing the role of the criminal, its portrayal through rhetorical devices, and its cultural and aesthetic impact. Proteic traits allow for an understanding of how crime is constructed within the parameters of exception, borrowing from pre-existent forms while devising new patterns and categories such as criminography, the “star killer”, the staging of crimes as suicides, serial murders, and the faking of madness. These accounts aim at bewildering and shocking demanding readers through a carefully displayed cult to excessive behaviour. The arranged “economy of death” displayed in murder accounts will set them apart from other exceptional instances, as proven by their long-standing presence in subsequent centuries.Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World68.MurderSpainHistoryMurderPress coverageHistorySpainMurder in literatureSpainSocial conditionsTo 1800MurderHistory.MurderPress coverageHistory.Murder in literature.364.152/3094609031Río Parra Elena del848204NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910809403803321Exceptional crime in early modern Spain3943102UNINA