The death penalty in late-medieval Catalonia : evidence and significations / Flocel Sabaté.
2020
KKT6079.8.C36 S23 2020 (Mapit)
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Title
The death penalty in late-medieval Catalonia : evidence and significations / Flocel Sabaté.
Imprint
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Description
xiv, 386 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series
Studies in medieval history and culture.
Formatted Contents Note
Precedent times : the early-medieval justice before major crimes
Sovereignty and merum imperium
The symbology of the gallows : jurisdiction and terror
The death penalty in the "plenitudo potestatis"
The death penalty in the non-royal jurisdictions
The death penalty in the legislation and municipal capitality
The death penalty in ordinary justice
The death sentences
The application of the death penalty : the ceremony of execution
The application of the death penalty : the display of the body
The application of the death penalty : punishment by fire
More fire : the inquisition and the death penalty
The death penalty and otherness : jews and muslims before the death penalty
The death penalty in the mind
The death penalty in the paths to consolidate power and social cohesion
The death penalty at the end of the middle ages in the tense Catalonia.
Sovereignty and merum imperium
The symbology of the gallows : jurisdiction and terror
The death penalty in the "plenitudo potestatis"
The death penalty in the non-royal jurisdictions
The death penalty in the legislation and municipal capitality
The death penalty in ordinary justice
The death sentences
The application of the death penalty : the ceremony of execution
The application of the death penalty : the display of the body
The application of the death penalty : punishment by fire
More fire : the inquisition and the death penalty
The death penalty and otherness : jews and muslims before the death penalty
The death penalty in the mind
The death penalty in the paths to consolidate power and social cohesion
The death penalty at the end of the middle ages in the tense Catalonia.
Summary
The death penalty was unusual in medieval Europe until the twelfth century. From that moment on, it became a key instrument of rule in European society, and we can study it in the case of Catalonia through its rich and varied unpublished documentation. The death penalty was justified by Roman Law; accepted by Theology and Philosophy for the Common Good; and used by rulers as an instrument for social intimidation. The application of the death penalty followed a regular trial, and the status of the individual dictated the method of execution, reserving the fire for the worst crimes, as the Inquisition applied against the so-called heretics. The executions were public, and the authorities and the people shared the common goal of restoring the will of God which had been broken by the executed person. The death penalty took an important place in the core of the medieval mind: people included executions in the jokes and popular narratives while the gallows filled the landscape fitting the jurisdictional limits and, also, showing rotten corpses to assert that the best way to rule and order the society is by terror. This book utilises previously unpublished archival sources to present a unique study on the death penalty in late Medieval Europe.
Note
The death penalty was unusual in medieval Europe until the twelfth century. From that moment on, it became a key instrument of rule in European society, and we can study it in the case of Catalonia through its rich and varied unpublished documentation. The death penalty was justified by Roman Law; accepted by Theology and Philosophy for the Common Good; and used by rulers as an instrument for social intimidation. The application of the death penalty followed a regular trial, and the status of the individual dictated the method of execution, reserving the fire for the worst crimes, as the Inquisition applied against the so-called heretics. The executions were public, and the authorities and the people shared the common goal of restoring the will of God which had been broken by the executed person. The death penalty took an important place in the core of the medieval mind: people included executions in the jokes and popular narratives while the gallows filled the landscape fitting the jurisdictional limits and, also, showing rotten corpses to assert that the best way to rule and order the society is by terror. This book utilises previously unpublished archival sources to present a unique study on the death penalty in late Medieval Europe.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ebook version :
Call Number
KKT6079.8.C36 S23 2020
Language
English
ISBN
9780367188634 hardcover
0367188635 hardcover
9780429198885 electronic book
0429198884 electronic book
9780429581748 electronic publication
0429581742 electronic publication
9780429583643 electronic book
9780429579523 Mobipocket electronic book
0367188635 hardcover
9780429198885 electronic book
0429198884 electronic book
9780429581748 electronic publication
0429581742 electronic publication
9780429583643 electronic book
9780429579523 Mobipocket electronic book
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