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Delitto e perdono

by Adriano Prosperi (2013)

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Durante i secoli di un ±lungo Medioevo¿ nelle città europee si venne progressivamente elaborando e strutturando un grande spettacolo: quello della morte per via di giustizia. Come ogni dramma teatrale, ciò che manteneva alta la tensione degli spettatori era l'incertezza dell'esito. Erano in gioco due vite, quella del corpo e quella dell'anima e tutte e due rimanevano in pericolo fino alla fine: una fine che si prolungava oltre l'esecuzione, quando il corpo rimaneva esposto alla folla, talvolta squartato e infilzato sulle picche talvolta pendente dalla forca, talvolta ancora ±sparato¿ dai chirurghi nel rito della ±notomia¿ pubblica. La sorte del corpo e quella dell'anima entrarono a far parte dei dialoghi che si svolsero tra il condannato e la folla per incanalarsi poi all'interno del confronto tra il condannato e gli esperti nell'arte del conforto, i membri di confraternite che si specializzarono in questa funzione e che, fiorite inizialmente nell'Italia centrosettentrionale fra Trecento e Quattrocento, si diffusero in seguito in tutta Europa --

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