The Would-be Commoner: A Tale of Deception, Murder, and Justice in Seventeenth-century FranceIn the tradition of The Return of Martin Guerre, a dramatic tale of false identity, murder, and bigamy that riveted France during the reign of Louis XIV From the historian Jeffrey Ravel comes a scandalous tale of imposture that sheds new light on French politics and culture in the pivotal but underexamined period leading up to the Enlightenment. |
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Contents
One Becoming a Gentleman I | 1 |
Two The Murder Narrative | 30 |
Three Preliminary Judgment | 64 |
Four Nobleman Commoner or Impostor? | 93 |
Five Stage Plays | 122 |
Six Judicial Doubt | 146 |
Seven Interrogation | 164 |
Eight Verdicts | 189 |
Notes | 235 |
Selected Bibliography | 268 |
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The Would-be Commoner: A Tale of Deception, Murder, and Justice in ... Jeffrey S. Ravel No preview available - 2008 |