Publication Date:
2016
abstract:
The paper presents the first results of in-depth research focusing on judges of the
criminal courts in Papal State during the first half of the Seventeenth Century, with the aim to
reflect, from this particular point of view, on the administration of justice in the old regime and its
relationship with legal science. The analysis is based on judges of the governor’s tribunal in Rome
and provides a description of their career in various criminal courts in the State and in other Italian
states and different kinds of jurisdiction, and aims at assessing the relevant organization, recruitment
areas and the dialectics of interests underlying the involvement of families in service and loyalty to
the sovereign-pontiff.
criminal courts in Papal State during the first half of the Seventeenth Century, with the aim to
reflect, from this particular point of view, on the administration of justice in the old regime and its
relationship with legal science. The analysis is based on judges of the governor’s tribunal in Rome
and provides a description of their career in various criminal courts in the State and in other Italian
states and different kinds of jurisdiction, and aims at assessing the relevant organization, recruitment
areas and the dialectics of interests underlying the involvement of families in service and loyalty to
the sovereign-pontiff.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Criminal court; jurists and judges; Papal State
List of contributors:
Feci, Simona
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