Violence and Honor in Prerevolutionary Perigord

Drawing on rich archival sources, explores the relationship between honor and violence in the Périgord region in prerevolutionary France.

List of contents

Introduction
Acknowledgments
Violence and Honor
Honor in a Cross-Cultural Context
From Honor to Honnêteté in Old Regime Europe
"The Good Old Days" in Prerevolutionary Sarladais
"The Saint of Honor" in the Sénéchaussée of Sarlat
Women and Honor-Related Criminal Affaires
Policing Honnêteté: Shameful, Sinful, and Criminal Conduct
"Fallen Women" and Infanticide
Compromised Honor and Dangerous Liaisons
Honor and Homicide
Conlusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Steven G. Reinhardt

Summary

Drawing on rich archival sources, explores the relationship between honor and violence in the Périgord region in prerevolutionary France.

Product details

• Authors: Steven G. Reinhardt, Steven G. (Author) Reinhardt
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781580465830
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-583-0
• No. of pages: 342
• Weight: 672 g
• Illustrations: 2 b/w illus.
• Series: Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe; Changing Perspectives on Early; Changing Perspectives on Early; Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories