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Enlightened feudalism : seigneurial justice and village society in eighteenth-century northern Burgundy / Jeremy Hayhoe.
Van Pelt Library KJW853.44.P38 H39 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayhoe, Jeremy.
- Series:
- Changing perspectives on early modern Europe 1542-3905
- Changing perspectives on early modern Europe, 1542-3905
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manorial courts--France--Burgundy--History--18th century.
- Manorial courts.
- History.
- France--Burgundy.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Tiny courts, incompetent judges?
- Justice in the interests of lords
- Justice in the interests of the community
- Conflict and consensus in and out of court
- Local knowledge and legal reform : the transformation of justice
- Tocqueville in the village : seigneurial reaction and the central state
- A popular institution? : seigneurial justice in the cahiers de doléances
- Lords, judges, and the self-regulating village.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references ( pages 277-301) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781580462716
- 1580462715
- OCLC:
- 176925285
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