TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kumhera,Glenn
TI  - The benefits of peace: private peacemaking in late medieval Italy 
T2  - The Medieval Mediterranean
SN  - 9789004341111
AV  - HV9960.I8 K86 2017
U1  - 303.6/6094509024 23
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill.
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - Italy
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Christianity and politics
KW  - fast
KW  - Dispute resolution (Law)
KW  - Peace-building
KW  - Peace
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Reconciliation (Law)
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1268-1559
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-297) and indexes; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Peace and Concord -- Peacemaking in the Criminal Courts -- Peacemaking and the Criminal Ban -- Placing the Public in Private Peacemaking -- Ecclesiastical Involvement in Peacemaking -- Performing Peace in Medieval Rome -- Women and Minors in Peacemaking -- Assessing Peacemaking -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Map -- Appendix B: Tables -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Places -- Index of Subjects; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - In The Benefits of Peace: Private Peacemaking in Late Medieval Italy Glenn Kumhera offers the first comprehensive account of private peacemaking, weaving together its legal, religious, political and social meanings across several cities (13th-15th centuries). The ability of peacemaking to hinder criminal prosecution has often been considered the result of government powerlessness. Kumhera, however, examines the benefits of private peacemaking, detailing how its flexibility was crucial in creating a viable criminal justice system that emphasized violence prevention and recognition of jurisdiction while allowing space for friends, neighbors and clergy to intervene. Additionally, he explores the roles of women and clergy in peacemaking, how peace operated in a vendetta culture and how the medieval understanding of reconciliation affected the practice of peacemaking
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004341111
ER  -