Justice for Jehanne : The Tale of a Medieval Survivor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDougall, Sara.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.

Summary:

A spellbinding narrative history that defies modern assumptions about women's lives in the Middle Ages and informs contemporary debates about sexual violence and the limits of justice In the winter of 1472, the city of Dijon, France, became the stage for a remarkable legal drama.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

The People of Jehanne's World

Currency

Introduction

Part I. First Investigation

Crime and Prosecution

Jaques Meets Jehanne

Guillaume Mercerot the Priest

In the Prison

Jehanne Had Been Thinking

The Girl from Besancon

Proceedings

Sunday, January 10

The Mayor's Justice

Part II. Second Investigation

Investigating Jehanne

Sunday, February 21: Back to the Borough

Tuesday, February 23: More Neighbors

Tuesday, February 23: Petit Clairvaux

Tuesday, February 23: Still More Neighbors

Tuesday, February 23: Loose Ends

Reputation

Part III. Jehanne

Jehanne's Last Story

Exegesis

The Woman from Lorraine

Justice for Jehanne?

Part IV. Afterlives

A Joyous Entry and a Funeral

A Survivor and Her Daughter

Acknowledgments

Appendix: Jehanne's Testimony

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: McDougall, Sara Justice for Jehanne

ISBN:

9780691268903

OCLC:

1601991516