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Municipal Officials, Their Public, and the Negotiation of Justice in Medieval Languedoc
Fear Not the Madness of the Raging Mob
Series: - Later Medieval Europe, Volume: 10
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Municipal Officials, Their Public, and the Negotiation of Justice in Medieval Languedoc, Turning examines the public’s role in shaping municipal policies through demonstrations in the city streets or through their contact with local administrators in fourteenth-century Toulouse. The text explores police brutality, town and gown rows, explosive neighborhood disputes, and communal demands for public punishments, all of which were a way residents could engage and participate in their local judicial system. The book contextualizes this interaction to the era after the French king conquered the city, and began his efforts to integrate the region into the royal domain. Turning argues that this process of assimilation was only complete after officials and the urban public tested and negotiated the transition in everyday life.
Patricia Turning, Ph.D. (UC-Davis, 2007), teaches medieval and early modern European history courses at Arizona State University. She has published articles on medieval crime and punishment, and her next project is an examination of the experiences of women in pre-modern prisons.
A Note about Abbreviations and Citations … vii
Introduction … 1
1 From Count to King: The Capitols’ Struggle to Maintain Control over the Legal Structure of Toulouse … 17
2 The Spatial Distribution of Crime in Toulouse … 43
3 “With an Angry Face and Teeth Clenched:” Personal Conflict and Public Resolution … 73
4 Forces of Order, Forces of Disorder: Corrupt Officers and the Confusion of Authority … 103
5 The Power to Punish in Medieval Toulouse … 137
Conclusion … 177
Selected Bibliography … 185
Index … 195
Introduction … 1
1 From Count to King: The Capitols’ Struggle to Maintain Control over the Legal Structure of Toulouse … 17
2 The Spatial Distribution of Crime in Toulouse … 43
3 “With an Angry Face and Teeth Clenched:” Personal Conflict and Public Resolution … 73
4 Forces of Order, Forces of Disorder: Corrupt Officers and the Confusion of Authority … 103
5 The Power to Punish in Medieval Toulouse … 137
Conclusion … 177
Selected Bibliography … 185
Index … 195
Those interested in medieval crime and punishment, popular protest, medieval cities, the process of state-building at the end of the Middle Ages or the evolution of medieval France, and the institutionalization of medieval law will profit from this book.