Awards
- Winner of Helen & Howard R. Marraro Prize for Italian History 1994 (United States)
- Winner of Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian History 1993.
- Winner of Modern Language Association Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian History 1993.
- Winner of Modern Language Association Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian History 1994 (United States)
- Winner of Modern Language Association Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian History 1994.
Overview
In 1511, during a carnival in Udine, Italy, nobles were slaughtered, their castles looted and destroyed, and bodies were dismembered and fed to animals. Giving an account of the Udine carnival massacre, as well as the social structures and historical conflicts preceding it, this is an abridged version of the work for students and general readers. This edition shifts the focus from specialized scholarly analysis to the book's main theme - the role of vendetta in city and family politics. Uncovering many connections between the carnival motifs, hunting practice and vendetta rituals, the author finds that the massacre occurred because, at that point in Renaissance history, revenge and allegiance to factions provided the best alternative to failed political institutions. But the carnival massacre also marked a crossroads: the old mentality of vendetta was soon supplanted by the emerging sense that the direct expression of anger should be suppressed - to be replaced by duels.
Full Product Details
Author: Edward Muir (Clarence L VerSteeg Professor in Arts & Sciences, Northwestern University)
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition: Reader's ed
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9780801858499
ISBN 10: 0801858496
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 21 August 1998
Recommended Age: From 17
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
<p> A model study of how vendetta and political disorder related to one another... Superbly documented. -- Times Literary Supplement
An exceptional book accessible both to students and to general readers. -- History A model study of how vendetta and political disorder related to one another... Superbly documented. -- Times Literary Supplement A model study of how vendetta and political disorder related to one another... Superbly documented. -- Times Literary Supplement An exceptional book accessible both to students and to general readers. -- History
Author Information
Edward Muir is the Ver Steeg Professor of History at Northwestern University. He is the editor, with Guido Ruggiero, of Sex and Gender in Historical Perspective and Microhistory and the Lost Peoples of Europe.
