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HISTORY NEW Marsilius of Padua at the Intersection of Ancient and Medieval Traditions of Political Thought Vasileios Syros This book focuses on the reception and transmission of classical political ideas in the thought of fourteenthcentury Italian scholar Marsilius of Padua. Vasileios Syros investigates many facets of Marsilius’ work, including his use of efficient cause in his discussion of political phenomena, and the causes of civil strife in the Italian city-states of his day. Syros demonstrates that Marsilius was committed to the idea of a sharp demarcation between ethics and politics, thereby foreshadowing the writings of Machiavelli and a number of other early modern writers. He also elucidates Marsilius’ use of examples from Greek mythology in his work on the emergence and political dimension of pagan religions. Finally, this study highlights linkages between Marsilius’ thought and the ideas of his medieval Muslim and Jewish predecessors and contemporaries. Vasileios Syros is a docent in the Centre of Excellence in Political Thought and Conceptual Change at the Academy of Finland and the University of Helsinki. Approx. 304 pp / 6 x 9 / December 2012 Cloth 978-1-4426-4144-0 $65.00 (£45.99) NEW The Christ Child in Medieval Culture Alpha es et O! Edited by Mary Dzon and Theresa M. Kenney The cult of the Christ Child flourished in late medieval Europe across lay and religious, as well as geographic and cultural boundaries. Depictions of Christ’s boyhood are found throughout popular culture, visual art, and literature. The Christ Child in Medieval Culture is the first interdisciplinary investigation of how representations of the Christ Child were conceptualized and employed in this period. The contributors to this unique volume analyse depictions of the Christ Child through a variety of frameworks, including the interplay of mortality and divinity, the medieval conceit of a suffering Christ Child, and the interrelationships between Christ and other figures, including saints and ordinary children. The Christ Child in Medieval Culture synthesizes various approaches to interpreting the cultural meaning of medieval religious imagery and illuminates the significance of its most central figure. Mary Dzon is an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Tennessee. Theresa M. Kenney is an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Dallas. Approx. 360 pp / 47 illustrations / 6 x 9 / April 2012 Cloth 978-0-8020-9894-8 $80.00 (£50.99) The Politics of Law in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy Edited by Lawrin Armstrong and Julius Kirshner Foreword by Lauro Martines The Politics of Law in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy features original contributions by international scholars on the fortieth anniversary of the publication of Lauro Martines’s Lawyers and Statecraft in Renaissance Florence, which is recognized as a groundbreaking study challenging traditional approaches to both Florentine and legal history. Essays by leading historians examine the professional, social, and political functions of Italian jurists from the thirteenth to the late fifteenth centuries. The volume also examines the use of emergency powers, the critical role played by jurists in mediating the rule of law, and the adjudication of political crimes. Lawrin Armstrong is an associate professor in the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. Julius Kirshner is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Chicago. ‘Scholars of legal history will be grateful for The Politics of Law in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy, a fitting introductory volume to the Toronto Studies in Medieval Law series.’ William J. Connell, Seton Hall University (Toronto Studies in Medieval Law) 240 pp / 1 illustration / 6 x 9 / 2011 Cloth 978-1-4426-4075-7 $55.00 (£38.99) 16 University of Toronto Press
HISTORY The Body Legal in Barbarian Law Lisi Oliver The sixth to ninth centuries saw a flowering of written laws among the early Germanic tribes. These laws include tables of fines for personal injury, designed to offer a legal, non-violent alternative to blood feud. Using these personal injury tariffs, The Body Legal in Barbarian Law examines a variety of issues, including the interrelationships between victims, perpetrators, and their families; the causes and results of wounds inflicted in daily life; and the processes of individual redress and public litigation. Lisi Oliver has produced a remarkable study that sheds new light on early Germanic conceptions of the body in terms of medical value, physiological function, psychological worth, and social significance. Lisi Oliver is Greater Houston Alumni Chapter Endowed Alumni Professor in the Department of English at Louisiana State University. ‘A fascinating book, Lisi Oliver’s The Body Legal in Barbarian Law is a true labour of love by an unabashed and impassioned expert in the field.’ Andy Orchard, University of Toronto (Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series) 320 pp / 43 illustrations / 6 x 9 / 2011 Cloth 978-0-8020-9706-4 $65.00 (£45.99) Punishment and Penance Two Phases in the History of the Bishop’s Tribunal of Novara NEW PUNISHMENT AND PENANCE TWO PHASES IN THE HISTORY OF THE BISHOP’S TRIBUNAL OF NOVARA Thomas B. Deutscher Punishment and Penance provides the first comprehensive study of an Italian bishop’s tribunal in criminal matters, such as violence, forbidden sexual activity, and offenses against the faith. Through numerous case studies, Thomas B. Deutscher investigates the scope and effectiveness of the early modern ecclesiastical legal system. Deutscher examines the records of the bishop’s tribunal of the northern Italian diocese of Novara during two distinct periods: the ambitious decades following the Council of Trent (1563–1615), and the half-century leading up to the French invasions of 1790s. As the state’s power continued to rise during this second time span, the Church was often humbled and the tribunal’s activity was much reduced. Enriched by stories drawn from the files, which often allowed the accused to speak in their own voices, Punishment and Penance provides a window into the workings of a tribunal in this period. Thomas B. Deutscher is a professor in the Department of History at St Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan. (Toronto Italian Studies) Approx. 272 pp / 1 illustration / 6 x 9 / June 2012 Cloth 978-1-4426-4442-7 $60.00 (£40.99) THOMAS B. DEUTSCHER Rituals of Prosecution The Roman Inquisition and the Prosecution of Philo-Protestants in Sixteenth-Century Italy NEW Jane K. Wickersham During the Counter-Reformation, inquisition manual authors working in Italian lands adapted the Catholic Church’s traditional tactics of inquisitorial procedure, which had been formulated in the medieval period, to the prosecution of philo-Protestants. Through a comparison of the texts of four such authors to contemporary inquisition processes, Jane K. Wickersham situates the Roman inquisition’s prosecution of philo- Protestants within the larger framework of the complex religious upheavals of the sixteenth century. Identifying the critical role played by ritual practice in discovering and prosecuting heretical subjects, Wickersham uncovers two core reasons for its use: first, as a practical means of prosecuting a variety of philo-Protestant beliefs, and second, as an approach firmly grounded within the Catholic Church’s history of prosecuting heresy. Finally, Rituals of Prosecution provides an in-depth examination of the inquisitorial processes of urban residents from humble socioeconomic backgrounds, providing new insight into how the prosecution of ordinary people was conducted in the early modern era. Jane K. Wickersham is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Oklahoma. (Toronto Italian Studies) Approx. 384 pp / 6 x 9 / October 2012 Cloth 978-1-4426-4500-4 $80.00 (£55.99) THE ROMAN INqUISITION ANd THE PROSECUTION OF PHILO-PROTESTANTS IN SIxTEENTH-CENTURy ITALy JANE K. WICKERSHAM utppublishing.com 17
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