The Sénéchaussées of Libourne and Bazas, 1696-1789
by
Julius R. Ruff
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
This title, first published in 1984, is a case study of crime and criminal justice in rural, southwestern France in the last century of the Old Regime. Based on extensive research in criminal court records, often the only documentary evidence of the poor and illiterate, the study is a valuable addition...