The War of the Fists: Popular Culture and Public Violence in Late Renaissance Venice Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The War of the Fists: Popular Culture and Public Violence in Late Renaissance Venice Book

This social history explores early-modern Venetian society through the lens of the festive combat which involved all classes, but especially the city's more marginal workers. It employs four different topical approaches: the social geography of Venetian factionalism; the structure of combat itself; the festive world which grew up around the encounters, providing workers with an alternative society of their own; and the response of the Venetian patriciate, government and police to this largely uncontrollable, plebeian entertainment.Read More

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  • 0195084039
  • 9780195084030
  • Robert C. Davis
  • 1 March 1994
  • Oxford University Press Inc
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 240
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