Great Justice of Parma

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The Great Justice of Parma was a notorious 1612 mass execution and crackdown ordered by Duke Ranuccio I Farnese against alleged conspirators among the local nobility in the Duchy of Parma.

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Great Justice of Parma canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial crackdown ⓘ
mass execution ⓘ
political purge ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Duchy of Parma ⓘ
characterizedBy harsh sentences ⓘ
public executions ⓘ
summary trials ⓘ
chronology took place after the alleged 1611–1612 conspiracy in Parma ⓘ
country Duchy of Parma ⓘ
describedAs notorious repression of a supposed plot ⓘ
genre political trial ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Gran Giustizia di Parma ⓘ
hasCause alleged conspiracy against the Duke of Parma ⓘ
hasConsequences damage to the reputation of Ranuccio I Farnese ⓘ
long‑lasting resentment among surviving noble families ⓘ
hasEffect climate of fear among the nobility ⓘ
consolidation of ducal power in Parma ⓘ
elimination of rival noble families in Parma ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 17th century ⓘ
legalBasis extraordinary criminal proceedings ordered by the duke ⓘ
location Duchy of Parma ⓘ
Parma ⓘ
motive strengthening of ducal authority ⓘ
suppression of perceived treason ⓘ
numberOfExecutions dozens of nobles ⓘ
opposedBy sympathizers of the condemned nobility ⓘ
orderedBy Ranuccio I Farnese ⓘ
linked to: Ranuccio Farnese
participant local nobility of the Duchy of Parma ⓘ
partOf Italian early modern history ⓘ
history of the Duchy of Parma ⓘ
pointInTime 1612 ⓘ
significantFigure Farnese family ⓘ
Ranuccio I Farnese ⓘ
linked to: Ranuccio Farnese
victim members of the Parmese nobility ⓘ

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Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma → notableEvent → Great Justice of Parma ⓘ