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Village justice : community, family, and popular culture in early modern Italy
- Title
- Village justice : community, family, and popular culture in early modern Italy / Tommaso Astarita.
- Author
- Astarita, Tommaso.
- Publication
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
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- Description
- xxiv, 305 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Pentidattilo, in the Kingdom of Naples, 1710. A peasant woman, Domenica Orlando, is brought to trial for the murder by poison of her husband. Tried with her are Anna de Amico, a neighbor who provided the poison, and Pietro Crea, Domenica's alleged lover. During the trial, it is revealed that over the years Anna had helped Domenica and other village women obtain abortions. After numerous villagers recount the circumstances of both the murder and the abortions, Domenica confesses and all three defendants are tortured, Domenica escapes while awaiting sentencing. Anna receives a fifteen year prison term whereas Pietro is allowed to go free." "Village Justice: Community, Family, and Popular Culture in Early Modern Italy is an analysis of the society and culture in which Domenica and her accomplices lived."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 117th ser., no. 3
- Uniform Title
- Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 117th ser., no. 3.
- Subject
- Cuzzucli, Antonino, -1710 > Death and burial
- Orlando, Domenica, 1686- > Trials, litigation, etc
- Cuzzucli, Antonino, -1710
- Orlando, Domenica, 1686-
- Orlando, Domenica, b. 1686 > Trials, litigation, etc
- 1800-1899
- Social structure > Italy > Pentidattilo > History > 19th century
- Social values > Italy > Pentidattilo > History > 19th century
- Justice, Administration of > Italy > Naples (Kingdom) > History > 19th century
- Social Justice > history
- Social Values > history
- Ethics > history
- 15.70 history of Europe
- Justice, Administration of
- Moral conditions
- Social structure
- Social values
- Ländlicher Raum
- Rechtsordnung
- Gesellschaftsordnung
- Platteland
- Rechtspraak
- Sociale geschiedenis
- Criminal justice, Administration of > Italy > Naples (Kingdom)
- Social structure > Italy > Pentidattilo > History > 18th century
- Justice, Administration of > Italy > Naples (Kingdom)
- Communities > Italy > Pentidattilo > 18th century
- Geschichte 1700-1710
- Sozialgeschichte 1700-1710
- Pentidattilo (Italy) > Moral conditions > History > 19th century
- Naples (Kingdom)
- Italy > Pentidattilo
- Italien
- Mèlito di Porto Salvo- Pentedattilo
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-295) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: The Story -- 1. The Village of Pentidattilo, Its Lords, and the State -- 2. Jurisprudence and Local Judicial Practice -- 3. Economic Structures and Social Hierarchies -- 4. Family, Household, and Community -- 5. Justice, Sexuality, and Women -- 6. Religion, the Church, and Popular Morality -- Epilogue: The Trial's End.
- ISBN
- 0801861381
- 9780801861383
- LCCN
- 99013654
- OCLC
- ocm40912580
- 40912580
- SCSB-9001450
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library