Justice Blindfolded

The Historical Course of an Image
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-36220-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 537 g

Reihe: Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700

Justice Blindfolded gives an overview of the history of “justice” and its iconography through the centuries. Justice has been portrayed as a woman with scales, or holding a sword, or, since the fifteenth century, with her eyes bandaged. This last symbol contains the idea that justice is both impartial and blind, reminding indirectly of the bandaged Christ on the cross, a central figure in the Christian idea of fairness and forgiveness.
In this rich and imaginative journey through history and philosophy, Prosperi manages to convey a full account of the ways justice has been described, portrayed and imagined.

Translation of Giustizia bendata. Percorsi storici di un'immagine (Einaudi, 2008).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Prosperi, Adriano

Weitere Mitwirkende

Tedeschi, John

Tedeschi, Anne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface to the Italian Edition

Preface to the English Edition

List of Figures

1 Scale and Sword, Eyes and Blindfold: the Attributes of Justice

2 Justice, That is to Say God

3 The Blindfold

4 Jesus, Barabbas and the Good Thief

5 Justice and Grace

6 Miracles and Salvation

7 The Divine Eye of the Law

8 Changes in Symbols

9 The Veil of Justice and the Risks of the Limelight

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Adriano Prosperi, Ph.D. (1968), Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy, is Emeritus Professor of Early Modern History. He has published extensively on the Reformation, the Tridentine Council, and the idea of faith in Western Europe. His most recent books are a study of Luther, Lutero. Gli anni della fede e della libertà (Milan 2017) and a history of the death penalty, Crime and Forgiveness: Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe (Harvard University Press 2018).