Crime, Justice and Public Order in Old Regime France
The Sénéchaussées of Libourne and Bazas, 1696-1789
This title, first published in 1984, is a case study of crime and criminal justice in rural, southwestern France in the last century of the Old Regime. Based on extensive research in criminal court records, often the only documentary evidence of the poor and illiterate, the study is a valuable addition both to our knowledge of Old Regime society and to our understanding of its judicial institutions. Rural, Old Regime France seethed with violence. Assault, homicide, and a violence of speech occurred frequently at all levels of society. The author's finding that royal fiscal and judicial officials were recurring targets of this violence additio…
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- ISBN: 978-1-317-37294-3
- EAN: 9781317372943
- Produktnummer: 19569942
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 242 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 9'551 KB
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