pardon letters in the Burgundian low countries
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Arnade, Peter
- Publish Year
- 2015
- Shelfmark
- NED 1B 2015 - B
- Thesaurus
- huwelijken, prostitutie, geweld, seksualiteit, middeleeuwen, Nederland, België, 14e eeuw, 15e eeuw
- Description
- This book takes the reader out onto the streets and into the taverns, homes, and workplaces of the Burgundian territories, charting the most pressing social concerns of the day: everything from family disputes and vendettas to marital infidelity and property conflicts—and, more generally, the problems of public violence, abduction and rape, and the role of honor and revenge in adjudicating disputes. The book also includes a detailed case study of the female actress Maria van der Hoeven turned prostitute.