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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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press
2015.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt20fw5wh |
Sommario:
- 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.