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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Arnade, Peter J. (Autor), Prevenier, Walter (Autor)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2015.
Acceso en línea:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt20fw5wh
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.