The War of the Fists

Popular Culture and Public Violence in Late Renaissance Venice

By:

Robert C Davis

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Paperback / softback

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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.

Author Biography:

Robert C. Davis is Assistant Professor of Renaissance Italian History at Ohio State University and the editor of News on the Rialto, a newsletter for Venetian historical studies.

Release date Australia

May 19th, 1994

Author

Robert C Davis

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

frontispiece, halftones, maps

Pages

240

Dimensions

153x235x15

ISBN-13

9780195084047

Product ID

2198113

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