The Painter Who Lost His Hat
Artisans and Justice in Early Modern Barcelona
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16613197 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luis R Corteguera (0009-0006-9816-0791, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1023-1042 |
| Publication date | 1998-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sixteenth Century Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-0160 • E-ISSN: 2326-0726 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2543356 |
| OpenAlex | W2522985067 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
A dispute between a Barcelona master painter and a royal judge provides the background for an examination of early modern popular notions of justice. For decades, historians have maintained that popular justice was essentially different from learned concepts of justice based on written sources and manifested in law and judicial systems. Yet Barcelona master artisans became familiar with law and formal legal procedures by judging over trade matters and by appealing to the royal Audiencia, or high court. Artisans expected that laws and judicial tribunals should deliver justice in a fair and timely fashion, that justice should emanate from the monarch down through the system of justice, and that judges should conform with their offices' dignity. Popular and elite notions of justice derived from contesting uses and interpretations of these assumptions
Art · Art history · Economic Justice · Painting · Political science · Visual arts · Historical Art and Architecture Studies · Historical Economic and Legal Thought · Historical Studies on Spain · Law
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |