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  • Crime and Forgiveness

    Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe

    by Adriano Prosperi ...
    Translated by Jeremy Carden ...
    A provocative analysis of how Christianity helped legitimize the death penalty in early modern Europe, then throughout the Christian world, by turning execution into a great cathartic public ritual and the condemned into a Christ-like figure who accepts death to save humanity.The public execution of criminals has been a common practice ever since ancient times. In this wide-ranging investigation ... Read more

    $32.79 USD