The Benefits Of Peace: Private Peacemaking In Late Medieval Italy (medieval Mediterranean)
by Glenn Kumhera /
2017 / English / PDF
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"In The Benefits of Peace : Private Peacemaking in Late Medieval
Italy, Glenn Kumhera offers the first comprehensive account of
private peacemaking, weaving together its legal, religious,
political and social meanings across several cities (13th-15th
centuries). The ability of peacemaking to hinder criminal
prosecution has often been considered the result of government
powerlessness. Kumhera, however, examines the benefits of private
peacemaking, detailing how its flexibility was crucial in creating
a viable criminal justice system that emphasized violence
prevention and recognition of jurisdiction while allowing space for
friends, neighbors and clergy to intervene. Additionally, he
explores the roles of women and clergy in peacemaking, how peace
operated in a vendetta culture and how the medieval understanding
of reconciliation affected the practice of peacemaking"--Provided
by publisher.
"In The Benefits of Peace : Private Peacemaking in Late Medieval
Italy, Glenn Kumhera offers the first comprehensive account of
private peacemaking, weaving together its legal, religious,
political and social meanings across several cities (13th-15th
centuries). The ability of peacemaking to hinder criminal
prosecution has often been considered the result of government
powerlessness. Kumhera, however, examines the benefits of private
peacemaking, detailing how its flexibility was crucial in creating
a viable criminal justice system that emphasized violence
prevention and recognition of jurisdiction while allowing space for
friends, neighbors and clergy to intervene. Additionally, he
explores the roles of women and clergy in peacemaking, how peace
operated in a vendetta culture and how the medieval understanding
of reconciliation affected the practice of peacemaking"--Provided
by publisher.