Evidence, Crime, and Forensics in the Early Modern Mediterranean

Crime, Evidence, and Forensics in the Early Modern Mediterranean illustrates the range of questions we can put to archival sources from the early modern Mediterranean, with plentiful insights as to how legal sources can illuminate history from below.

List of contents

Introduction
Part I: Legal and Intellectual Foundations
Chapter 1
On the Inquisition in Spain
Gretchen Starr-LeBeau
Chapter 2
On the Roman Inquisition: Uncertainty and Discretion
Vincenzo Lavenia
Chapter 3
On Forensic Medical Evidence
Bradford Bouley
Part II: Urban Violence
Chapter 4
On Homicide in Bologna
Colin Rose
Chapter 5
On homicide, forensic practice, and forensic discourse in Madrid
Blanca Llanes Parra
Chapter 6
On Feuding in Venice
Andrew Vidali
Part III: Gendered Violence
Chapter 7
On Spousal Murders and Honor Killings in Spain
Edward Behrend-Martínez
Chapter 8
On Infanticide in Spain
Jodi Campbell
Chapter 9
On Miscarriage and Assault in Early Modern Rome
John Christopoulos
Part IV: Special Victims
Chapter 10
On Children in Spain
Lu Ann Homza
Chapter 11
On Sex Crimes in Italy
Celeste I. McNamara
Chapter 12
On the Blind and Disabled in Spain
Amanda L. Scott
Chapter 13
On the Undead
Francesco Paolo de Ceglia

About the author

Lu Ann Homza is a professor of history at William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. Her books include Religious Authority in the Spanish Renaissance (2000), The Spanish Inquisition, 1478-1614: an Anthology of Sources (2006), Village Infernos and Witches' Advocates: Witch-Hunting in Navarre, 1608-1614 (2022), and The Child-Witches of Olague (2024).
Amanda L. Scott is an associate professor of history and women, gender, and sexuality studies at Penn State University. She has published articles in, among others, The Journal of Social History, Renaissance Quarterly, The Sixteenth Century Journal, and Church History. Her previous publications include The Basque Seroras: Local Religion, Gender, and Power in Northern Iberia, 1550-1800 (2020)

Product details

• Assisted by: Homza Lu Ann (Editor), Amanda L. Scott (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 29.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032781471
• ISBN: 978-1-032-78147-1
• No. of pages: 264
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; European History, LAW / Legal History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Western, Legal History, Gender & the law, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology, Law and society, gender issues