Diritti e miti: il caso di Beatrice Cenci

pp: 935 DOI: 10.7375/70280

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This essay is intended to explore the relationships between history-telling and the formation of myths
on the one side
and the construction of juridical discourse â€
“
that is the construction of evaluations and perspectives about the law â€
“
on the other. The case study is the well-known trial and execution of Beatrice Cenci in Rome (1599). Analysis regards the inquiry
the trial
and the legal procedure. Popular opinion in Rome considered Beatrice an innocent victim of her fatherâ€
™
s monstrosity and of arbitrary justice. From Stendhal to Shelley and others
Beatriceâ€
™
s destiny became the subject of poems
novels
operas
and films