Serene Death: Execution in the Early Modern Venetian Republic
Ariana Ellis, Doctoral candidate, Department of History, University of Toronto The popular image of Venice as La Serenissima, the peaceful Republic of arts, education, and fair governance, was utilized and purposefully enhanced by the Venetian state across the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The use of public execution as a form of state punishment walked the… Read More: Serene Death: Execution in the Early Modern Venetian Republic »
