‘En nous humblement requerant’: Crime Narrations and Rhetorical Strategies in Late Medieval Pardon Letters

The charters of pardon or ‘remission letters’ granted by the king of France and the duke of Burgundy in the late Middle Ages have often been interpreted as a valuable source material to access to the lives, memories, and even the ‘voices’ of the ordinary people who did not produce any other writing....

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Main Author: Quentin Verreycken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2019-09-01
Series:Open Library of Humanities
Online Access:https://olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/4599/