Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface to the English-Language Edition -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. A Complex Geography -- 2. Roman Tribunals in the Early Modern Period -- 3. The "New" Inquisition and the Pope's City -- 4. The Theater of Justice -- 5. Restless Nobles -- 6. Collaboration and Conflicts: Governors, Bishops, Inquisitors -- 7. Sins and Crimes -- 8. Inside the Family -- 9. Disciplining the Clergy -- 10. Buon Governo: Between Utopia and Reality -- 11. Little Fatherlands: Local Identity and Central Power -- 12. Rivers of Ink: Petitions, Memorials, Letters -- 13. Justice Represented, Justice Recounted -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.