Justice Blindfolded: The Historical Course of an Image (Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700) - Hardcover

Buch 9 von 14: Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700

Prosperi, Adriano

 
9789004362208: Justice Blindfolded: The Historical Course of an Image (Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004362207 ISBN 13: 9789004362208
Verlag: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Justice Blindfolded gives an overview of the history of "justice" and its iconography through the centuries. Justice has been portrayed as a woman with scales, or holding a sword, or, since the fifteenth century, with her eyes bandaged. This last symbol contains the idea that justice is both impartial and blind, reminding indirectly of the bandaged Christ on the cross, a central figure in the Christian idea of fairness and forgiveness.
In this rich and imaginative journey through history and philosophy, Prosperi manages to convey a full account of the ways justice has been described, portrayed and imagined.

Translation of Giustizia bendata. Percorsi storici di un'immagine (Einaudi, 2008).

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Adriano Prosperi, Ph.D. (1968), Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy, is Emeritus Professor of Early Modern History. He has published extensively on the Reformation, the Tridentine Council, and the idea of faith in Western Europe. His most recent books are a study of Luther, Lutero. Gli anni della fede e della libertà (Milan 2017) and a history of the death penalty, Crime and Forgiveness: Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe (Harvard University Press 2018).

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Verlag
BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9004362207
ISBN 13 
9789004362208
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
260
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