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A widow's vengeance after the Wars of Religion : gender and justice in Renaissance France / Tom Hamilton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamilton, Tom, 1987- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- France. Edit de Nantes.
- France.
- War crime trials--France--History--17th century.
- War crime trials.
- France--History--Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (214 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- 'A Widow's Vengeance after the Wars of Religion' is a dramatic account of the impact of the Wars of Religion on daily life. Based on neglected archival sources and an exceptional criminal trial, it recovers the experiences of women, peasants, and foot soldiers, who are marginalized in most historical accounts.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Halftitle page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Figures and Maps
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Who's Who
- Military Figures
- Prominent Villagers from Chaumot and the Surrounding Region
- Renée Chevalier's Husbands
- Renée Chevalier's Friends and Relations
- Mathurin Delacanche's Family and Patrons
- Magistrates in the Parlement of Paris
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- Unforgettable Crimes
- The Laws of War
- 1. Inheritances
- Guardianship
- First Marriage
- 2. Rape at Chaumot
- Assault on Chaumot
- Sexual Violence in Civil War
- 3. The Great Licence of Soldiers
- Pillage at Chaumot
- 'If there is fault then there should be punishment'
- Ending the Civil Wars in the Sénonais
- 4. The Persistent Widow
- Widows and Criminal Justice
- Return to Paris
- Second Marriage
- 5. Waging Law
- Becoming a Plaintiff
- The Confrontation of Witnesses
- 6. Testifying to the Troubles
- 'As If They Had Never Been'
- 'The Duties of War'
- 7. Execrable Crimes
- A New Norm in the Laws of War
- 'The Necessity of Law and Orders of War'
- Final Interrogation
- 8. Legacies
- Return to Chaumot
- Third Marriage
- Fourth and Fifth Marriages
- Succession
- Conclusion
- The Laws of War in Theory and Practice
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2024.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 1, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-196656-8
- 0-19-269739-0
- 0-19-269740-4
- OCLC:
- 1407069156
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