
Sorcellerie et justice criminelle
Le Parlement de Paris (16eâ18e siĂšcles)
- 344 pages
- English
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About this book
The Parlement of Paris was the largest secular court in Christendom. Although its criminal archives have been preserved virtually intact, historians of the period of the great witch trials, as well as scholars of the Ancien RĂ©gime in general, have been discouraged by the notorious difficulties of research into them, and have effectively avoided these records. Alfred Soman was the first historian to have undertaken the task. In the fifteen articles republished here, which include both detailed investigations of particular cases and broad-ranging overviews, he contends that criminal justice in the 16th- and 17th-century France was far more humane and less severe than traditional assumptions would suggest. As early as 1588, the High Court began to take steps to restrain indiscriminate witch hunting, particularly in the eastern provinces where prosecutions were instigated not in conformity with, but in defiance of, the highest judicial authority in the land. Le Parlement de Paris, la plus grande cour de justice de l'Occident, nous a lĂ©guĂ© ses archives criminelles quasiment intactes. Pourtant les historiens des procĂšs de sorcellerie, ainsi que les spĂ©cialistes des aspects institutionnels et sociaux de l'Ancien RĂ©gime, dĂ©couragĂ©s par les difficultĂ©s notoires de la recherche, ont Ă©vitĂ© l'exploitation de ces documents. Alfred Soman est le premier chercheur Ă en avoir relevĂ© de dĂ©fi. Dans cette sĂ©rie de quinze articles, qui comprennent des enquĂȘtes dĂ©taillĂ©s, ainsi que des essais de synthĂšse, il soutient que l'ancienne justice a Ă©tĂ© beaucoup plus clĂ©mente et moins 'injuste' que de vieilles idĂ©es reçues ne le prĂ©tendent. DĂšs 1588, la Haute Cour commença Ă rĂ©primer les nombreuses poursuites pour faits de sorcellerie, plus particuliĂšrement dans l'Est du royaume, oĂč certains siĂšges subalternes entamaient des actions criminelles intempestatives, prenant le contre-pied de la politique mise en place par le Pouvoir judiciaire central.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Series
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Table Des MatiĂšres
- Avant-Propos
- Remerciements
- La Sorcellerie : Premiers Pas
- Criminalité et Justice Criminelle
- Le Décodage Des Archives Judiciaires
- La Sorcellerie : Vers Une SynthĂšse
- Corrigenda et Addenda
- Bibliographie annexe
- Index