Routledge Sorcellerie et justice criminelle: Le Parlement de Paris

Explore the legal history of the largest secular court in Christendom with this specialized volume from Routledge. Sorcellerie et justice criminelle: Le Parlement de Paris (16e-18e siecles) offers a deep look into the criminal archives of the Ancien Regime. While many historians have avoided these records due to research difficulties, this collection brings the work of Alfred Soman to the forefront. Soman was the first historian to tackle these complex archives, providing essential insights for scholars of the great witch trials and French legal history. This Variorum Collected Studies edition contains fifteen republished articles. These include detailed investigations of specific cases alongside broad overviews of the judicial system. It serves as a vital resource for anyone studying the intersection of law, crime, and social history during the 16th to 18th centuries.