Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) : illustrations |
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e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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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 |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Giroux, Philippe, 1605?-1643 -- Trials, litigation, etc
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SUBJECT |
Giroux, Philippe, 1605?-1643 fast |
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Trials (Murder) -- France -- Franche-Comté -- History -- 17th century
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Law -- Social aspects -- France -- Franche-Comté -- History -- 17th century
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TRUE CRIME -- Murder -- General.
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Law -- Social aspects
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Trials (Murder)
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Mord
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Rechtsanwendung
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Strafverfahren
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France -- Franche-Comté
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Franche-Comté
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Frankreich
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Genre/Form |
History
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780822387145 |
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082238714X |
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1283022052 |
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9781283022057 |
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9786613022059 |
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6613022055 |
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