Words and Deeds in Renaissance Rome - Trials Before the Papal Magistrates

The social historian, searching for the basis of a culture, often turns to a study of ordinary people. Perhaps one of the most revealing places to find them is in a court of law. In this presentation of nine criminal trials of sixteenth-century Rome (1540-75), where magistrates kept verbatim records, Thomas and Elizabeth Cohen paint a lively portrait of a society, one that is reminiscent of Boccaccio. These stories, however are true.

About the author

Elizabeth S. Cohen teaches in the Department of History and in the Division of Humanties, York University.

Summary

Like cinema-verite, Words and Deeds in Renaissance Rome gives us an intimate glimpse of a people and their world.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth S Cohen, Elizabeth S. Cohen, Thomas Cohen, Thomas V Cohen, Thomas V. Cohen
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780802076991
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-7699-1
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries