Dante and Violence : Domestic, Civic, Cosmic

This Book Examines Cases Of Violence In Domestic, Communal, And Cosmic Spheres While Taking Into Account The Twelfth-century Legal Approach To Rights And Human Freedom That Resonates With The Economy Of Justice Developed In The Commedia. Exploring The Medieval Concerns With Violence In The Home And Just-war Theory, As Well As The Christian Theology Of The Incarnation And Redemption, Schildgen Examines Violence In Connection To The Natural Rights Theory Expounded By Canon Lawyers Of The Twelfth Century. Partially Due To The Increased Attention To The Greco-roman Cultural Legacy, The Twelfth-century Renaissance Produced A Number Of Startling Intellectual Developments, Which Includes The Emergence Of Codified Canon Law And A Renewed Interest In Civil Law, Based On Justinian's Sixth-century Corpus Iuris Civilis (codex Iustinianum: The Digest, Institutes, Novellae). In This Study, Schildgen Argues That In Addition To His Divine Justice, Dante Also Explores How The Human System Of Justice, As Exemplified In Both Canon And Civil Law As Expounded From The Twelfth Century Onwards And Based On Natural Law And Legal Concepts Of Human Freedom, Was Consistently Violated In His Time. At The Same Time, The Redemptive Violence Of The Crucifixion, Understood By Dante As The Free Act Of God In Choosing The Incarnation And Death On The Cross, Provides The Model For Self-sacrifice For The Communal Good-- Provided By Publisher.