Honor, vengeance, and social trouble : pardon letters in the Burgundian Low Countries

Honor, vengeance, and social trouble : pardon letters in the Burgundian Low Countries /

Among the more intriguing documentary sources from late medieval Europe are pardon letters--petitions sent by those condemned for serious crimes to monarchs and princes in France and the Low Countries in the hopes of receiving a full pardon. The fifteenth-century Burgundian Low Countries and duchy o...

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Main Authors: Arnade, Peter J. (Author), Prevenier, Walter (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
To 1500
Sociological jurisprudence > Benelux countries > History > To 1500 > Sources.
Pardon > Benelux countries > History > To 1500 > Sources.
Crime > Benelux countries > History > To 1500 > Sources.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
History > Sources
Crime
Pardon
Sociological jurisprudence
Straftat
Gnadenrecht
Netherlands > History > House of Burgundy, 1384-1477 > Sources.
Benelux countries > History > To 1500 > Sources.
Pays-Bas > Histoire > 1384-1477 (Maison de Bourgogne) > Sources.
Benelux countries
Netherlands
Belgien
Niederlande
Luxemburg
History
Sources
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Table of Contents:
  • Social discord : disputes, vendettas, and political clients
  • Violence, honor, and sexuality
  • Marriage conflicts and the pardon letter
  • Actress, wife, or lover? : Maria van der Hoeven defamed and defended.

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