The War of the Fists: Popular Culture and Public Violence in Late Renaissance Venice - Davis - Books - Oxford University Press Inc - 9780195084047 - March 10, 1994
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The War of the Fists: Popular Culture and Public Violence in Late Renaissance Venice

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This social history explores early-modern Venetian society through the lens of the festive combat which involved all classes, particularly the city's labourers. It describes the response of the Venetian patriciate, government and police to this largely uncontrollable, plebeian entertainment.


240 pages, frontispiece, halftones, maps

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 10, 1994
ISBN13 9780195084047
Publishers Oxford University Press Inc
Pages 240
Dimensions 153 × 229 × 16 mm   ·   412 g
Language English  

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