Book contents
- A Renaissance of Violence
- A Renaissance of Violence
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Tower of Justice
- 3 Homicide in Bologna, 1600–1700
- 4 Gender and Homicide in Early Modern Bologna
- 5 The Days after No Future
- 6 It’s Good to Have Land
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - It’s Good to Have Land
The Defence of Noble Privilege through Violence
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2019
Book contents
- A Renaissance of Violence
- A Renaissance of Violence
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Tower of Justice
- 3 Homicide in Bologna, 1600–1700
- 4 Gender and Homicide in Early Modern Bologna
- 5 The Days after No Future
- 6 It’s Good to Have Land
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter places an outbreak of noble vendetta in the mid-century into the context of the civil war introduced in the previous chapter, arguing that the decline of social and institutional trust in Bologna provided the legal and social space for nobility to practice traditional forms of revenge politics and violence.
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- A Renaissance of ViolenceHomicide in Early Modern Italy, pp. 181 - 222Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019