by Alessandro Manzoni · Tascabili economici Newton · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788879831413
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«Storia della colonna infame» is the historical essay by Alessandro Manzoni, published by Tascabili economici Newton in paperback (100 pages, in Italian).
Manzoni reconstructs the judicial trial held in Milan in 1630 against two men accused of spreading the plague by smearing walls. He argues that their conviction was based on flimsy evidence and confessions obtained under torture, and denounces the abuses of the penal system of the time.
Work originally appeared in 1840, linked to the novel The Betrothed. This 1993 Italian edition includes introduction and editing by Ferruccio Ulivi, within the Tascabili economici Newton collection.
For readers interested in the history of Italy, seventeenth-century judicial trials, and the work of Alessandro Manzoni.
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni was an Italian philosopher, poet, playwright, and novelist. He is best known for the novel The Betrothed, generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature. The novel, published in 1827, is a symbol of the Italian Risorgimento for its patriotic message, and also because it was a fundamental milestone in the development of the modern and unified Italian language.
