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 merged w Crime and Forgiveness - Adriano Prosperi od authora Adriano Prosperi a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Adriano Prosperi |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
565 |
| Rok vydání |
2020 |
| Typ |
filmy |
| Nakladatelství |
Harvard Business Press |
