Description
More Histories: Vol 1
With this series, More Histories, former judge of the European Court of Human Rights, Giovanni Bonello, continues his mission to record and recount Malta’s fascinating micro-history through six thematic volumes.
In the first volume of this new series, Bonello exposes some of Malta’s grimmer and grimier stories. Selected and collated from his vast repertoire of history writing, here is an anthology of anecdotes that presents a potent mix of humanity, crime and creativity, illustrating some of the most haunting (and hopeful) questions concerning the human condition: Why do humans err? What is it that drives a human being over the edge, to think the unthinkable, to carry out the undoable, and to record the unsayable?
CONTENTS
- A 1588 Homicide by a Knight of Malta
- Lawyers and Lawyering in Malta before 1600
- A 1636 Murder in Birgu … and its Fall-Out
- Mischievous Books in the Times of the Order
- Thefts from Churches in Malta
- Tragic Tales of Slaves in Malta
- Caterina Scappi Revisited
- The 1832 Beheading of a Young Woman in Senglea
- The Tragic Prince of Abyssinia in Malta
- Mankind in the Red-Light District
- (More of) Mankind in the Red-Light District
- Counting on Dishonour among Thieves during Early British Rule
- How Early British Rule Affected the Legal Profession in Malta
- Homophobia in the pre-1850 History of Malta
Creative Director – Michael Lowell
Design & Layout – Lisa Attard
Editor – Giulia Privitelli
Illustrations – Rebecca Bonaci
