Steven Bednarski

A Poisoned Past

The Life and Times of Margarida de Portu, a Fourteenth-Century Accused Poisoner

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the story of Margarida de Portu, a fourteenth-century French medieval woman accused of poisoning her husband to death.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781442604773
• ISBN-10: 1442604778
• Artikelnr.: 39046241

Autorenporträt

Steven Bednarski is Associate Professor in the Department of History at St. Jerome's University in the University of Waterloo. He is the author of Curia: A Social History of a Provençal Criminal Court in the Fourteenth Century (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations and Plates
List of Characters
Timeline
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Microhistory and Margarida
1. On Microhistory and Pedagogy
2. A Poisoned Past
3. The Notary's Inheritance
4. A Good, Decent, True, and Honest Woman
5. Pieces of a Life
Appendix I: Family Trees
Appendix II: Transcription of Criminal Inquest
Appendix III: Translation of Criminal Charges against Margarida de Portu
Bibliography
Index