Telling Tales in Angevin Courts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8940400 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D L Smail (0000-0002-2232-145X, University of California System, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 183-183 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | French Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-1071 • E-ISSN: 1527-5493 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/286888 |
| OpenAlex | W2116273849 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The archives of Angevin Marseille, from the late thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries, house some of the richest court records extant from France in the later Middle Ages.1 In their wealth of detail, they approach the records of the Fournier inquisition and equal or surpass those of other late medieval French or Burgundian jurisdictions.2They are generous, not in sheer quantity of documentation-medieval England far surpasses most regions of continental Europe in this respectbut rather in the marvelous textures and intimacies found in witness depositions.The depositions tell tales, ranging from the larger narratives of plaintiffs or defendants to the little stories of chatty witnesses.The tales tell us little about criminality;3 their value lies in what they say
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2019 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |