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The War of the Fists : Popular Culture and Public Violence in Late Renaissance Venice, Paperback / softback Book

The War of the Fists : Popular Culture and Public Violence in Late Renaissance Venice Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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The War of the Fists explores early modern Venetian society through the lens of the festive combat which involved all classes, but especially the city's more marginal workers.

It employs four different topical approaches: the social geography of Venetian factionalism; the structure of combat itself; the festive world which grew up around the encounters, providing workers with an alternative society of their own; and the response of the Venetian patriciate, government and police to this largely uncontrollable, plebeian entertainment.

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