Public Justice and the Criminal Trial in Late Medieval Italy ― Reggio Emilia in the Visconti Age

This study of Medieval public justice examines the practice of criminal justice at the end of the 14th century, using the northern Italian city of Reggio Emilia as a case study. The book investigates the operation of public justice inside a Late Medieval city, highlighting the development of inquisitorial procedure and detailing the logic and process of the criminal trial, and the relationship between courts, procedures, and individuals. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Joanna Carraway Vitiello, Ph.D. (2007), University of Toronto, is Associate Professor of History at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri. Her publications include studies of medieval criminal justice and criminal procedure.