36 KB108 KB35 KB199320252007Ferraro, Joanne Marieletnik:15številka:2str. 441-452ISSN:1318-0185COBISSID:1419475URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-8YPUBDDVenUniverza na Primorskem, Znanstvenoraziskovalno središčeZgodovinsko društvo za Južno PrimorskoActa Histriae16.st.detomoriGalliera Venetaincestkulturna zgodovinalawpravosodna praksaOne community's secret| incest and infanticide in the late sixteenth-century Veneto|For six years one small community of rustics working on a Venetian patrician's landed estate in the province of Padua kept a horrible secret: one of the field workers was fathering children with his daughter and then murdering them. A bounty hunter, hungry for a cash reward, turned the village gossip to his advantage, denouncing the affair to the Venetian Podesta, who set out to punish the "monstruous delinquents and abominable sinners" and restore Divine Law. This article analyzes the criminal inquiry, highlighting the testimonies of the accused, their neighbors, and their kin to reveal the ambiguities surrounding deviant behavior. The Venetian Podesta could not comprehend why no one, including the village priest, had denounced such obviously grave crimes to the state. Community members, on the other hand, were intent on keeping the incest and infanticide a secret because cohesion was more important to their collective livelihood and reputation than abuse and sinTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza na Primorskem, Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče Koper