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Crime and Forgiveness

Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe

Adriano Prosperi

Translated by Jeremy Carden

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$39.95 • £34.95 • €36.95

ISBN 9780674659841

Publication Date: 07/14/2020

640 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

8 photos, 18 color photos

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Adriano Prosperi is Professor of Modern History, Emeritus, at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and the author of more than fifteen books that address the intersection of law and religion in early modern Europe.

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