In early modern Europe, justice was always the key to public order
and the state's main pillar. The pope, though the head of the
church, was also a prince like any other, but his justice, as
machinery and moral model, displayed the double nature of his rule,
targeting not only actions but also beliefs and consciences. Irene
Fosi, the doyenne of scholars of papal justice, lays out the
ambitious, complex, and sometimes baffled endeavors of the pope's
magistrates and through lively anecdotes gives the flavor of the
encounter between the pope's assorted magistrates, inquisitors, and
others, and the men and women hauled before the law. Originally
published in Italian and widely acclaimed, Papal Justice has been
translated into English by Thomas V. Cohen, professor of history at
York University. With the English edition, this lively overview of
the papal justice system reaches a transatlantic readership and
makes available the fruit of Fosi's decades-long research in
unpublished archives in Rome and the Vatican. The book examines the
very motley shape of the pope's territorial domain, the
institutions found there, and the relationships between Rome and
its outlying cities. Microhistories of how things worked form a
clear picture of relations between the sovereign and his subjects.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Irene Fosi is professor of modern history at the
University "G. d'Annunzio," Chieti-Pescara in Italy. The Italian
edition of this book, La giustizia del papa: Sudditi e tribunal
nello Stato pontificio in eta moderna, was published in 2007 by
Laterza. Fosi has published two other books and numerous articles.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK: "Irene Fosi is a seasoned scholar of
Renaissance and Baroque Rome with over a quarter century of
experience in papal judicial archives. Her book is a well-devised
study of the courts and cases of Rome and the Papal State. The
extended quotations from sources afford the reader a real taste of
the interests and thinking of papal officials, Roman nobles, and
local figures of all ranks. The translation is simple, elegant, and
faithful to the original."--Thomas Kuehn, Professor of History,
Clemson University "Fosi is unquestionably the foremost authority
in any language on the early modern papacy with an unrivaled range
of experience working in different kinds of judicial sources. Fosi
has a wonderful ear for the voices of exasperated administrators or
desperate petitioners, and her quotations bring them alive. Equally
important, her judgments can be trusted. She depicts papal justice
in a fully rounded fashion."--Laurie Nussdorfer, Professor of
History and Letters, Wesleyan University "This book is the perfect
combination of in-depth archival knowledge coupled with decades of
historical experiences and the precision of the English language in
an eloquent and accurate translation."--Renaissance and Reformation
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