« Petty treason » dans son contexte : genre et verdicts dans les procès pour meurtre entre conjoints aux assises du tribunal d’Old Bailey à Londres, Angleterre, 1674-1790
This article analyses the trials of women charged with husband murder, a form of “petty treason”: a crime which theoretically struck at the heart of the social and gender hierarchy, and was subject to the horrific aggravated punishment of death by burning at the stake. We will see that in practice,...
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| Language: | English |
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UMR 5136- France, Amériques, Espagne – Sociétés, Pouvoirs, Acteurs (FRAMESPA)
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Les Cahiers de Framespa |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/framespa/4500 |