Papal justice subjects and courts in the Papal State, 1500-1750 /
Irene Fosi ; translated by Thomas V. Cohen.
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, (c)2011.
- 1 online resource (xi, 272 pages) : illustrations, map.
Includes bibliographies and index.
A complex geography -- Roman tribunals in the early modern period -- The "new" inquisition and the pope's city -- The theater of justice -- Restless nobles -- Collaboration and conflicts : governors, bishops, inquisitors -- Sins and crimes -- Inside the family -- Disciplining the clergy -- Buon governo : between Utopia and reality -- Little fatherlands : local identity and central power -- Rivers of ink : petitions, memorials, letters -- Justice represented, justice recounted.