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Author Farr, James Richard, 1950- author.

Title A tale of two murders : passion and power in seventeenth-century France / James R. Farr
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) : illustrations
Series e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Contents List of principal characters -- Prologue: Looking back -- 1. Tales of two murders -- 2. Passion and the beautiful cousin -- 3. The trial opens: Jean-Baptiste Lantin's investigation, 1639-1640 -- 4. A hat, a rapier, a knife, and a dagger -- 5. The house of Giroux -- 6. Prison -- 7. Poison -- 8. Jailbreak -- 9. A "Minister of Vengeance" -- 10. Rape? -- 11. Attack, counterattack -- 12. The king of spades -- 13. Life or death? the day of reckoning draws near -- Epilogue -- Analytical essay: The paradoxes of power, law, and justice
Summary A compelling account of a 17th-century murder mystery and a well-researched scholarly work that explores the dynamics of power, justice, and law in Louis XIII's France
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Giroux, Philippe, 1605?-1643 -- Trials, litigation, etc
SUBJECT Giroux, Philippe, 1605?-1643 fast
Subject Trials (Murder) -- France -- Franche-Comté -- History -- 17th century
Law -- Social aspects -- France -- Franche-Comté -- History -- 17th century
TRUE CRIME -- Murder -- General.
Law -- Social aspects
Trials (Murder)
Mord
Rechtsanwendung
Strafverfahren
France -- Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté
Frankreich
Genre/Form History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822387145
082238714X
1283022052
9781283022057
9786613022059
6613022055