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Murder, Justice, and Harmony in an Eighteenth-Century French Village
Nancy Locklin
2019
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In 1718, a young woman named Moricette Nayl fought with her brother’s mother-in-law and accidentally killed her. Ruled a homicide, the incident set in motion an investigation, a trial, Moricette's flight from justice, an execution in effigy and, ultimately, the pardon of the killer and her reintegration into the community. Based on the detailed records of the court dossier, this microhistory reveals the social networks of a small town, the history of interpersonal violence, the complex criminal justice system at work, and the power of restoring harmony after a tragedy of this magnitude. An enduring mystery is the reluctance of those closest to the crime to participate in the legal process. An explanation for their silence sheds light on the turmoil of the criminal justice system in France in the decades leading up to the French Revolution. Neither independent feudal lords nor an elite tamed by an Absolutist king, the gentlemen overseeing justice in this place maintained a delicate balance between their personal power and the rule of law. The incident and its aftermath also reveal the bonds that make community possible, even in the face of senseless violence.
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Keywords
- Alexis De Toqueville
- Baptismal Feasts
- Bull’s Pasture
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- community reintegration
- complex criminal justice system
- Criminal procedure
- Dry Heat
- eighteenth-century France
- French legal history
- French Revolution
- Haute Auvergne
- Kergallet village
- Marly Declaration
- Martin’s Son
- Material Considerations
- microhistorical approach
- microhistory methodology
- murder victim
- Premeditated Homicide
- rural homicide case study
- Saint Saturnin
- social networks analysis
- Solid Resolution
- Stone Flew
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history
- Ville Neuve
- young man
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DOI: 10.4324/9780429318047Editions