The Art of Executing Well

Rituals of Execution in Renaissance Italy

Nonfiction, History, Italy, Renaissance, Modern
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Author: ISBN: 9781935503286
Publisher: Truman State University Press Publication: October 1, 2008
Imprint: Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781935503286
Publisher: Truman State University Press
Publication: October 1, 2008
Imprint:
Language: English
In Renaissance Italy a good execution was both public and peaceful—at least in the eyes of authorities. In a feature unique to Italy, the people who prepared a condemned man or woman spiritually and psychologically for execution were not priests or friars, but laymen. This volume includes some of the songs, stories, poems, and images that they used, together with first-person accounts and ballads describing particular executions. Leading scholars expand on these accounts explaining aspects of the theater, psychology, and politics of execution.
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In Renaissance Italy a good execution was both public and peaceful—at least in the eyes of authorities. In a feature unique to Italy, the people who prepared a condemned man or woman spiritually and psychologically for execution were not priests or friars, but laymen. This volume includes some of the songs, stories, poems, and images that they used, together with first-person accounts and ballads describing particular executions. Leading scholars expand on these accounts explaining aspects of the theater, psychology, and politics of execution.

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