The war of the fists popular culture and public violence in late Renaissance Venice /

The War of the Fists is a study of seventeenth-century worker culture in the city of Venice, focusing on the mock battles, or battagliole, which the town's two popular factions waged on public bridges. These "little battles" were partly festive battle, partly sport, and partly thinly...

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Main Author: Davis, Robert C. 1948-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Physical Description: vi, 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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CMU Main Books 3rd Floor

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CMU Main Books 3rd Floor DG675.6 .D38 1994 Available
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