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The cathedral in Florence, the <i> ponte dei pugni </i> in Venice, the streets of Verona, the contrade di Siena–all of these are infamous sites of assassinations, battles, street fights, and violent rivalries during the premodern period in Italy. While Italy had higher rates of violence during the premodern period, the reasons for this are imperfectly understood. An understanding of the social, political, economic, and cultural factors which led to the amount and types of violence could provide insight into violent crime today, particularly in urban centers. Spatial analysis using digital tools will be particularly fruitful.

Using datasets compiled from court records, letters, chronicles, diplomatic dispatches, poems, histories, and family papers, from Bologna, Florence, Modena, Venice, Verona, Padua, and Vicenza, this project aims to allow researchers to to identify and analyze patterns and long-term trends in violence between 1500 and 1700. A central outcome of the project will be a database with publicly available datasets that enables researchers to obtain and contribute data for their own research purposes and pedagogical uses. A related aim of the project is to train students and researchers in GIS and spatial methodologies, making these tools more accessible.

Words about external sources perhaps? [Project x](https:///) and [Project y](https://) datasets, for which we have developed preliminary analysis and visualizations.

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