Prosecuting theft in Old Regime France, c.1540–c.1700

This article analyses a significant sample of theft cases tried in the appellate courts of the parlements of Paris and Toulouse from the mid-sixteenth century to the end of the seventeenth century. Despite some historians’ claims that theft was typically overlooked or settled informally, and that pr...

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Published inContinuity and change Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 283 - 312
Main Author Hamilton, Tom
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.04.2024
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