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Author Kumhera, Glenn, author.

Title The benefits of peace : private peacemaking in late medieval Italy / by Glenn Kumhera.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series The Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 109
Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 109.
Summary "In The Benefits of Peace : Private Peacemaking in Late Medieval Italy, Glenn Kumhera offers the first comprehensive account of private peacemaking, weaving together its legal, religious, political and social meanings across several cities (13th-15th centuries). The ability of peacemaking to hinder criminal prosecution has often been considered the result of government powerlessness. Kumhera, however, examines the benefits of private peacemaking, detailing how its flexibility was crucial in creating a viable criminal justice system that emphasized violence prevention and recognition of jurisdiction while allowing space for friends, neighbors and clergy to intervene. Additionally, he explores the roles of women and clergy in peacemaking, how peace operated in a vendetta culture and how the medieval understanding of reconciliation affected the practice of peacemaking"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Peace and concord -- Peacemaking in the criminal courts -- Peacemaking and the criminal ban -- Placing the public in private peacemaking -- Ecclesiastical involvement in peacemaking -- Performing peace in medieval Rome -- Assessing peacemaking -- Appendix A: Map -- Appendix B: Tables -- Index of names -- Index of places -- Index of subjects.
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Subject Criminal justice, Administration of -- Italy -- History -- To 1500.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Italy.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Reconciliation -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History -- To 1500.
Reconciliation.
Peace -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History -- To 1500.
Social aspects.
Peace -- Social aspects.
Violence -- Italy -- Prevention -- History -- To 1500.
Peace.
Jurisdiction -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History -- To 1500.
Violence.
Italy -- Social conditions -- 1268-1559.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 1268-1559
Subject Jurisdiction.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Violence -- Prevention.
Christianity and politics.
Dispute resolution (Law)
Peace-building.
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Reconciliation (Law)
Chronological Term To 1559
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Kumhera, Glenn. Benefits of peace. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017 9789004341104 (DLC) 2016056241
ISBN 9789004341111 (electronic book)
9004341110 (electronic book)
9789004341104 (hardback ; acid-free paper)
9004341102
Standard No. 10.1163/9789004341111