Crime and Forgiveness - Adriano Prosperi, Jeremy Carden

A provocative analysis of how Christianity helped legitimize the death penalty in early modern Europe, then throughout the Christian world, by turning execution into a great cathartic public ritual and the condemned into a Christ-like figure who accepts death to save humanity. The public execution of criminals has been a common practice ever since ancient times. In this wide-ranging investigation of the death penalty in Europe from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century, noted Italian historian Adriano Prosperi identifies a crucial period when legal concepts of vengeance and justice m Crime and Forgiveness - Adriano Prosperi, Jeremy Carden od authora Adriano Prosperi, Jeremy Carden a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus.cz
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