Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. NOTE ON THE TEXT ix
4. Introduction 1
5. PART I An Anthropology of Speech
6. CHAPTER 1 Creating a Republican Moral Order The Invention of Civic Theology 29
7. CHAPTER 2 In Through the Ears A Medical Anthropology of Speech 61
8. CHAPTER 3 Sins of the Tongue Pastoral Theology in the Res Publica 85
9. PART II The Social World of Illicit Speech
10. CHAPTER 4 Illicit Speech in Legal Theory and Practice Verbal Violence in Loci Sacrati 123
11. CHAPTER 5 Transcribing the Weaponry of Words 165
12. CHAPTER 6 The “Mere Words” of Blasphemy Verbal Violence and Realism in Early Italian Literature 198
13. Conclusion 227
14. NOTES 237
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 299
16. INDEX 321
17. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 329