It is rarely possible to write biographies of lay people who lived in the Middles Ages. While accounts of clerical, royal, and military life are many, the wider populace has remained in relative obscurity. In Clean Hands and Rough Justice: An Investigating Magistrate in Renaissance Italy, David S. Chambers and Trevor Dean present an extraordinary and previously unknown character from Renaissance Italy, Beltramino Cusadri (ca. 1425-1500). This judge was known as the "terrible commissioner," and he spent most of his professional life acting as criminal investigator and legal adviser to two princely dynasties--the Gonzaga of Mantua and the Este of Ferrara.The authors investigate and compare the judicial institutions and social conditions in which Beltramino Cusadri worked, the criminal cases that he investigated, and his successes and failures. Their combined presentation of the figure and mentality of Cusadri amounts to something unprecedented in Italian Renaissance historiography: the portrait of a professional man, employed to combat rising crime, but accused of corruption and tyranny by the entrenched interests that he faced. The book follows the major phases of Beltramino's career and offers a broader exploration of the legal history of Renaissance Italy.In his long life Beltramino Cusadri wrote hundreds of letters to his employers and it is upon these letters that this book is based. These letters with their wry, colorfully worded expressions are liberally quoted and provide unique insight into the career, activity, and attitudes of a major Renaissance bureaucrat. The letters of his employers in return are also drawn upon to examine a variety of themes, from the progress of law-making and the pattern of criminality, to the problems of policing and the changing forms of punishment. These provide an extraordinarily vivid picture of face-to-face realities that make an important contribution to the history of crime, law, policing, and punishment.David S. Chambers is Reader in Renaissance Studies at the Warburg Institute, University of London. Trevor Dean is Principal Lecturer, Department of History, Roehampton Institute, London. Both have published extensively on the history of Medieval and Renaissance Italy.

Clean Hands and Rough Justice: An Investigating Magistrate in Renaissance Italy (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Civilization)

History

Chambers, David S.

Dean, Trevor

Americas

Univ of Michigan Pr

It is rarely possible to write biographies of lay people who lived in the Middle Ages. While accounts of clerical, royal, and military life are many, the wider populace has remained in relative obscurity. In Clean Hands and Rough Justice: An Investigating Magistrate in Renaissance Italy, David S. Chambers and Trevor Dean present an extraordinary and previously unknown character from Renaissance Italy, Beltramino Cusadri (ca. 1425-1500). This judge was known as the "terrible commissioner," and he spent most of his professional life acting as criminal investigator and legal adviser to two princely dynasties--the Gonzaga of Mantua and the Este of Ferrara. The authors investigate and compare the judicial institutions and social conditions in which he worked, the criminal cases that he investigated, and his successes and failures. Their combined presentation of the figure and mentality of Beltramino amounts to something unprecedented in Italian Renaissance historiography: the portrait of a professional man, employed to combat rising crime but accused of corruption and tyranny by the entrenched interests that he faced. The book follows the major phases of Beltramino's career along with a broader exploration of the legal history of Renaissance Italy. In his long life Beltramino Cusadri wrote hundreds of letters to his employers, and it is upon these letters that this book is based. These letters, with their wry, colorfully worded expressions, are liberally quoted and provide unique insight into the career, activity, and attitudes of a major Renaissance bureaucrat. The letters of his employers in return, and of many other judges and officials, along with the evidence of legislation and prosecution, are also drawn upon to examine a variety of themes, from the progress of lawmaking and the pattern of criminality, to the problems of policing and the changing forms of punishment. These provide an extraordinarily vivid picture of face-to-face realities that make an important cont

Clean Hands and Rough Justice: An Investigating Magistrate in Renaissance Italy

University of Michigan Press

The standard reference on medieval Rome both for its comprehensive narrative scope and for its depth of detail and use of primary sources. It remains a basic reference for Roman political, religious, and cultural studies and is a landmark in historical writing in its own right. It thus offers the most comprehensive introduction and companion guide to the City and its developing history from late Antiquity to the Renaissance.

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Volume 1, Book 1, 400-568

GREGOROVIUS, FERDINAND

Hamilton, Annie (Mrs. Gustavus)

Europe

Italica Press

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Volume 2, Book 2, 568-800

Ancient Civilizations

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Volume 3, Books 5 & 6, 800-1002

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Hamilton, Annie

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. 4, 1003-1199 (for Windows)

This Electronic Edition of Volume 4, including books 7 and 8, of Ferdinand Gregorovius 'History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages' is based on the second revised edition of the English translation and matches the original page-for-page - and footnote-for-footnote - for accuracy of citation. It is entirely reset for modern readability and complete searchability. Volume 4 includes a new introduction to Gregorovius and his work by David S. Chambers of the Warburg Institute in London. Book Seven treats the history of the city in the eleventh century and includes: the relations of the Emperor and Pope to Rome; John Crescentius and the Tusculans; Gregory VII and the Investiture Conflict; Peter Damiani and the Countess Matilda; Robert Guiscard, the Normans, and the destruction of Rome; the reign of Emperor Henry IV; Rome and the Crusades; music, monasteries, letters, and libraries in the eleventh century. Book Eight covers the twelfth century. It treats: the continuing conflict over investiture and the Concordat of Worms; the reign of Emperor Henry V; the rise of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily; the communal revolution of 1143 and the rebirth of the Senate; the history of the Capitoline; Arnold of Brescia; Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and Pope Alexander III; the war betweeen Rome and Tusculum and the Battle of Monte Porzio; Roman families: the Frangipani, the Pierleoni, and the Colonna; law, the Mirabilia and other literature, and architecture.

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. 5, 1200-1305 (for Windows)

This internationally acclaimed textbook is widely used for teaching basic SPC, Data Analysis, and Continual Improvement Techniques to those who work in manufacturing and process industries. Over 75 years of practical experience were distilled in this book which combines instruction with real-world case studies. Written in ordinary language, the book is easy to read and appropriate for self study. W. Edwards Deming wrote in his foreword, It is fitting to add my deep appreciation for the mathematical achievements of Dr. Wheeler. His understanding of theory, and its application, is guided by mathematical knowledge. Some of he unique material in this landmark text includes: how charts signal inadequate measurement discrimination; how to use count data effectively; what happens if the measurements are not normally distributed; the right and wrong ways to assess capability; how to use process behavior charts with chemical batches; the right ways to compute limits for process behavior charts; principles of subgrouping; World-Class Quality and the Taguchi Loss Function.

Understanding Statistical Process Control

Business & Money

Wheeler, Donald J.

Management & Leadership

Spc Pr

This internationally acclaimed textbook is widely used for teaching basic SPC, Data Analysis, and Continual Improvement Techniques to those who work in manufacturing and process industries. While retaining the superb examples and case histories of the original, the third edition of this classic text includes new material on several important topics: An expanded definition of World Class Quality, including Excess Cost of Production A new Pattern Detection Guideline New material on how the Western Electric Zone Tests look for different sized signals A completely new chapter on Capability, Predictability, and World Class Quality including new examples: Better ways to interpret and use the capability and performance indexes; An updated discussion of estimating the fraction nonconforming; The Myth of Long-Term Capability...explained and illustrated; New material on Converting Capabilities into Effective Costs of Production and Use; New exercises illustrate the power of conversion. New section on the Nature of Assignable Causes and Common Causes Revised material on Charts for Count-Based Data for greater clarity New section on the Transformation of Data Updated Bibliography New, more comprehensive tables in the appendices.

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Mathematics

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