The utopian work, "City of the Sun," by 17th-century Italian Tommaso Campanella is examined, focusing on how the social and religious context of Renaissance Italy affected the writing of the text. Topics include the sacrament of confession, public criminal justice systems, and the history of Italian utopian writing.
THE HISTORIOGRAPHY of the City of the Sun (1602) by Tommaso Campanella (1568-1639) has traditionally centered on its origins in Thomas More's Utopia and its relationship with ...