War Of The Fists: Popular Culture And Public Violence In Late Renaissance Venice; Author: Davis, Robert C.; Paperback

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War Of The Fists: Popular Culture And Public Violence In Late Renaissance Venice

Author: Davis, Robert C.
Paperback; Bibliography
240 pages
Published: May 1994
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195084047

The War of the Fists is a study of 17th-century worker culture in the city of Venice, focusing on the mock battles, or battagliole, which the town's two popular factions waged on publicbridges. Their importance in the city's plebeian life makes bridge battles an extremely valuable point of entry for exploring structures of Venetian popular culture, a task which Robert Davis attempts at several levels.This social history explores early-modern Venetian society through the lens of the festive combat which involved all classes, particularly the city's labourers. It describes the response of the Venetian patriciate, government and police to this largely uncontrollable, plebeian entertainment.

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