Death Penalty in Late-Medieval Catalonia

Evidence and Significations

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvFlocel Sabaté,Flocel Sabate

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The death penalty was unusual in medieval Europe until the twelfth century. From that moment on, it became a key instrument of rule in European society, and we can study it in the case of Catalonia through its rich and varied unpublished documentation. The death penalty was justified by Roman Law; accepted by Theology and Philosophy for the Common Good; and used by rulers as an instrument for social intimidation. The application of the death penalty followed a regular trial, and the status of the individual dictated the method of execution, reserving the fire for the worst crimes, as the Inquisition applied against the so-called heretics. The executions were public, and the authorities and the people shared the common goal of restoring the will of God which had been broken by the executed person. The death penalty took an important place in the core of the medieval mind: people included executions in the jokes and popular narratives while the gallows filled the landscape fitting the jurisdictional limits and, also, showing rotten corpses to assert that the best way to rule and order the society is by terror. This book utilises previously unpublished archival sources to present a unique study on the death penalty in late Medieval Europe.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-06-30
Mått156 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Medieval History and Culture
Antal sidor400
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032089546

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Flocel Sabaté is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Lleida, Spain and Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina. He is director of the journal Imago Temporis Medium Aevum and president of the Association of the Historians of the Crown of Aragon. He has served as a guest professor in universities and research centres as Concepción, ENS (Lyon), JSPS (Tokyo), Lisboa, Mexico, Paris-1, Poitiers, and Yale.

AcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsChapter One: IntroductionChapter Two: Precedent times: The Early-Medieval Justice Before Major CrimesChapter Three: Sovereignty and merum imperiumChapter Four: The Symbology of the Gallows: Jurisdiction and TerrorChapter Five: The Death Penalty in the ‘plenitudo potestatis’Chapter Six: The Death Penalty in the Non-Royal JurisdictionsChapter Seven: The Death Penalty in the Legislation and Municipal CapitalityChapter Eight: The Death Penalty in Ordinary JusticeChapter Nine: The Death SentencesChapter Ten: The Application of the Death Penalty: The Ceremony of ExecutionChapter Eleven: The Application of the Death Penalty: The Display of the BodyChapter Twelve: The Application of the Death Penalty: Punishment by Fire Chapter Thirteen: More Fire: The Inquisition and the Death Penalty Chapter Fourteen: The Death Penalty and Otherness: Jews and Muslims Before the Death PenaltyChapter Fifteen: The Death Penalty in the MindChapter Sixteen: The Death Penalty in the Paths to Consolidate Power and Social CohesionChapter Seventeen: The Death Penalty at the End of the Middle Ages in the Tense CataloniaChapter Eighteen: ConclusionsAppendixIndex