Remarks on subversive performance at the trial of Giulio Cesare Vanini (1618-19)
This article uses the theoretical framework of James C. Scott's Domination and the Art of Resistance (1990) to analyse the trial and execution of Giulio Cesare Vanini (1585–1619). It argues that Vanini's final actions were subversive acts of rebellion and libertinage against Catholic autho...
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Modern Humanities Research Association
2015
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30400/ |