Getting out of jail: suicide, escape and release in late medieval and Renaissance Bologna

This article discusses and contextualizes a unique document: the record of an investigation into a death, apparently by suicide, in the communal prison in Bologna in 1473, with an accompanying drawing of the dead body. The credibility of this death as suicide is questioned and discussed as a possibl...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Historical research. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987. - 90(2017), 249, Seite 449-464
1. Verfasser:	Dean, Trevor (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Historical research
Schlagworte:	Suicide Prisons Suicides & suicide attempts Criminal justice Torture Medieval period Historiography Credibility Investigations 15th century