Village justice : community, family, and popular culture in early modern Italy

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Title:

Village justice : community, family, and popular culture in early modern Italy

Author:

Astarita, Tommaso.

ISBN:

9780801861383

Personal Author:

Astarita, Tommaso.

Publication Information:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 305 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Series:

The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 117th ser., no. 3

Series Title:

The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 117th ser., no. 3

Contents:

Prologue: The Story -- 1. The Village of Pentidattilo, Its Lords, and the State -- 2. Jurisprudence and Local Judicial Practice -- 3. Economic Structures and Social Hierarchies -- 4. Family, Household, and Community -- 5. Justice, Sexuality, and Women -- 6. Religion, the Church, and Popular Morality -- Epilogue: The Trial's End.

Abstract:

"Pentidattilo, in the Kingdom of Naples, 1710. A peasant woman, Domenica Orlando, is brought to trial for the murder by poison of her husband. Tried with her are Anna de Amico, a neighbor who provided the poison, and Pietro Crea, Domenica's alleged lover. During the trial, it is revealed that over the years Anna had helped Domenica and other village women obtain abortions. After numerous villagers recount the circumstances of both the murder and the abortions, Domenica confesses and all three defendants are tortured, Domenica escapes while awaiting sentencing. Anna receives a fifteen year prison term whereas Pietro is allowed to go free."--BOOK JACKET. "Village Justice: Community, Family, and Popular Culture in Early Modern Italy is an analysis of the society and culture in which Domenica and her accomplices lived."--BOOK JACKET.

Personal Subject:

Cuzzucli, Antonino, -1710-Death and burial.

Orlando, Domenica, 1686--Trials, litigation, etc.

Subject Term:

Social structure -- Italy -- Pentidattilo -- History -- 19th century.

Social values -- Italy -- Pentidattilo -- History -- 19th century.

Justice, Administration of -- Italy -- Naples (Kingdom) -- History -- 19th century.

Geographic Term:

Pentidattilo (Italy) -- Moral conditions -- History -- 19th century.

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In Pentidattilo in the Kingdom of Naples in 1710, Domenica Orlando, a peasant woman, was brought to trail for the murder by poisoning of her husband. Wither her were tried Anna de Amico, a neighbour who provided the poison, and Pietro Crea, Domenica's alleged lover. During the trial, it was revealed that over the years, Anna had helped both Domenica and other village women obtain abortions. Domenica confessed and all three defendants were tortured. Domenica eventually escaped while awaiting sentencing, Anna received a 15-year prison term and Pietro was allowed to go free. In this analysis of the culture in which Domenica and her accomplices lived, the author uses the case to study rural society in Italy in the early modern period.