Evoque l'histoire sociale de la cour pénale provençale au XIVe siècle à travers l'étude de 1.500 enquêtes criminelles menées entre 1340 et 1403. Cette cour des Hospitaliers de Manosque était une possession des seigneurs. ©Electre 2024
Curia tells the social history of a late medieval criminal court, its users, and its operators. This court was a seigneurial possession of the Knights Hospitaller located in the Provençal town of Manosque.
The book is based on an exhaustive study of over 1,500 criminal inquest records from between 1340 and 1403. These documents preserve the detailed words and deeds of medival towns-people. From them, the book presents 'history from below', to consider how people manoeuvred in society. It lays bare solidarities, enmities, passions, and lies. Between its tales of adultery, wife assault, child abuse, treason, theft, and arson, it stitches together the fabric of everyday life.
While the criminal records reveal how individuals navigated social spaces, they also highlight a pivotal moment in western juridical development. By the fourteenth century, court operators deliberately drew men and women into the workings of justice, and encouraged them to use courts as institutionalized fora for conflict resolution. At the same time, increased buy-in from subjects offered court operators renewed opportunities for traditional, top-down regulation.
Paru le : 03/03/2013
Thématique : Droit Pénal
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Steven Bednarski
Éditeur(s) :
Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée
Collection(s) : Histoire et sociétés
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-2-84269-970-3
EAN13 : 9782842699703
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 226
Hauteur: 24.0 cm / Largeur 16.0 cm
Poids: 400 g
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