Papal justice [electronic resource] : subjects and courts in the Papal State, 1500-1750 / Irene Fosi ; translated by Thomas V. Cohen.
Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2011.Description: xi, 272 p. : ill., mapISBN:- 9780813218588 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780813219066 (e-book)
- 347.45/6 22
- KKH6743.4 .P65 2011eb

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257) and index.
A complex geography -- Roman tribunals in the early modern period -- The "new" inquisition and the pope's city -- The theater of justice -- Restless nobles -- Collaboration and conflicts : governors, bishops, inquisitors -- Sins and crimes -- Inside the family -- Disciplining the clergy -- Buon governo : between Utopia and reality -- Little fatherlands : local identity and central power -- Rivers of ink : petitions, memorials, letters -- Justice represented, justice recounted.
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