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Justice Blindfolded The Historical Course of an Image

Prosperi, Adriano
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9789004362208
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Brill
Vekt
580 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

Oversetter
Tedeschi, John
Tedeschi Anne
Forfatter
Prosperi, Adriano

Biografisk notat

Adriano Prosperi, Ph.D. (1968), Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy, is Emeritus Professor of Early Modern History. He has published extensively on the Reformation, the Tridentine Council, and the idea of faith in Western Europe. His most recent books are a study of Luther, Lutero. Gli anni della fede e della libertà (Milan 2017) and a history of the death penalty, Crime and Forgiveness: Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe (Harvard University Press 2018).

Justice Blindfolded The Historical Course of an Image

Prosperi, Adriano
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk
Prosperi, Adriano
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk
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“In this suggestive and original study, Adriano Prosperi traces the evolving iconography of Justice from the medieval period to the modern day, drawing on legal treatises, theological texts, pamphlets, plays, sermons, and over one hundred images ranging from manuscript illuminations to modern tattoos, with the bulk of them from the thirteenth through the seventeenth centuries.”<br />
Nicholas Terpstra, University of Toronto. In: <i>Renaissance Quarterly</i>, Vol. 74, No. 2 (Summer 2021), pp. 606–608. <br /><br />

Justice Blindfolded gives an overview of the history of “justice” and its iconography through the centuries. Justice has been portrayed as a woman with scales, or holding a sword, or, since the fifteenth century, with her eyes bandaged. This last symbol contains the idea that justice is both impartial and blind, reminding indirectly of the bandaged Christ on the cross, a central figure in the Christian idea of fairness and forgiveness.
In this rich and imaginative journey through history and philosophy, Prosperi manages to convey a full account of the ways justice has been described, portrayed and imagined.

Translation of Giustizia bendata. Percorsi storici di un'immagine (Einaudi, 2008).
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A history of "justice" and its iconography, that gives a full account of the ways that justice has been described, portrayed and imagined through the centuries, and how it looks like today.
Contents Preface to the Italian Edition Preface to the English Edition List of Figures 1 Scale and Sword, Eyes and Blindfold: the Attributes of Justice 2 Justice, That is to Say God 3 The Blindfold 4 Jesus, Barabbas and the Good Thief 5 Justice and Grace 6 Miracles and Salvation 7 The Divine Eye of the Law 8 Changes in Symbols 9 The Veil of Justice and the Risks of the Limelight Index
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“In this suggestive and original study, Adriano Prosperi traces the evolving iconography of Justice from the medieval period to the modern day, drawing on legal treatises, theological texts, pamphlets, plays, sermons, and over one hundred images ranging from manuscript illuminations to modern tattoos, with the bulk of them from the thirteenth through the seventeenth centuries.”<br />
Nicholas Terpstra, University of Toronto. In: <i>Renaissance Quarterly</i>, Vol. 74, No. 2 (Summer 2021), pp. 606–608. <br /><br />

Justice Blindfolded gives an overview of the history of “justice” and its iconography through the centuries. Justice has been portrayed as a woman with scales, or holding a sword, or, since the fifteenth century, with her eyes bandaged. This last symbol contains the idea that justice is both impartial and blind, reminding indirectly of the bandaged Christ on the cross, a central figure in the Christian idea of fairness and forgiveness.
In this rich and imaginative journey through history and philosophy, Prosperi manages to convey a full account of the ways justice has been described, portrayed and imagined.

Translation of Giustizia bendata. Percorsi storici di un'immagine (Einaudi, 2008).
Les mer
A history of "justice" and its iconography, that gives a full account of the ways that justice has been described, portrayed and imagined through the centuries, and how it looks like today.
Contents Preface to the Italian Edition Preface to the English Edition List of Figures 1 Scale and Sword, Eyes and Blindfold: the Attributes of Justice 2 Justice, That is to Say God 3 The Blindfold 4 Jesus, Barabbas and the Good Thief 5 Justice and Grace 6 Miracles and Salvation 7 The Divine Eye of the Law 8 Changes in Symbols 9 The Veil of Justice and the Risks of the Limelight Index
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9789004362208
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Brill
Vekt
580 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

Oversetter
Tedeschi, John
Tedeschi Anne
Forfatter
Prosperi, Adriano

Biografisk notat

Adriano Prosperi, Ph.D. (1968), Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy, is Emeritus Professor of Early Modern History. He has published extensively on the Reformation, the Tridentine Council, and the idea of faith in Western Europe. His most recent books are a study of Luther, Lutero. Gli anni della fede e della libertà (Milan 2017) and a history of the death penalty, Crime and Forgiveness: Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe (Harvard University Press 2018).

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