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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Dear Melanie, re. possible sources for your 'impiccati veneti', try the following: Guido Ruggiero, Violence in early Renaissance Venice (New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, 1980) Guido Ruggiero, The boundaries of eros: sex crime and sexuality in Renaissance Venice (New York: Oxford University Press, 1985) Robert C. Davis, The war of the fists: popular culture and public violence in late Renaissance Venice (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994 I'm sure there are other sources, but these might provide a starting point for you. All the best, Domenico. ___________________________________________________________ Dr Domenico Zanrč Department of Italian Hetherington Building Bute Gardens University of Glasgow GLASGOW G12 8RS SCOTLAND, U.K. Tel: ++44 (0141) 330 5198 Fax: ++44 (0141) 339 1119 >From: [log in to unmask] >Reply-To: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies > <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [I-S] Hanging in 16th century Venice / Veneto >Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:18:20 +0100 > >italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies > >Dear list, > >I've come across an otherwise light-hearted sixteenth century song (a >villotta >alla padoana) which refers to hanging. I'm wondering which crimes would >have >been punished by hanging in Venice and the Veneto (specifically Vicenza) >during >the sixteenth century (around 1557)? I'm guessing treason and certain >sexual >crimes (sodomy), but I haven't been able to find out for certain. I'd be >grateful if anyone could help out, either by confirming or denying my >hunches, >or suggesting possible sources of this information. > >Thanks for any help, >Melanie >[log in to unmask] > >********************************************************************** >To join the list, send the message: join italian-studies YOUR NAME >to: [log in to unmask] >To send a message to the list, address it to: >[log in to unmask] >To leave the list, send the message: leave italian-studies >to: [log in to unmask] >In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >[log in to unmask] >For further information, visit our web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/italian-studies.html _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/italian-studies.html