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L'exécuteur des sentences criminelles en France au dernier siècle de l'Ancien Régime

L'exécuteur des sentences criminelles en France au dernier siècle de l'Ancien Régime <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p> <jats:italic>The executioner in France in the last century of the Ancien Régime</jats:italic>. – In the eighteenth century, many executioners were granted letters of provision and became officers of the Crown. The value of their office may have been modest, but their earnings were certainly not negligible. One of their sources of income, the <jats:italic>droit de havage</jats:italic>, was particularly profitable in some cities, although it was eventually reduced as a result of protests from the merchants' communities and through interventions of the local authorities and the central government. Although both legal doctrine and the population at large considered that the office of executioner was tainted by infamy, the latter maintained an ambiguous attitude towards executioners, who were associated with healing powers. In some cases, executioners, confronted with negative prejudices, sought remedies in law in order to protect their honour, freedom and interests.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Legal History Review / Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du Droit Brill

L'exécuteur des sentences criminelles en France au dernier siècle de l'Ancien Régime

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0040-7585
eISSN
1571-8190
DOI
10.1163/157181908X336927
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p> <jats:italic>The executioner in France in the last century of the Ancien Régime</jats:italic>. – In the eighteenth century, many executioners were granted letters of provision and became officers of the Crown. The value of their office may have been modest, but their earnings were certainly not negligible. One of their sources of income, the <jats:italic>droit de havage</jats:italic>, was particularly profitable in some cities, although it was eventually reduced as a result of protests from the merchants' communities and through interventions of the local authorities and the central government. Although both legal doctrine and the population at large considered that the office of executioner was tainted by infamy, the latter maintained an ambiguous attitude towards executioners, who were associated with healing powers. In some cases, executioners, confronted with negative prejudices, sought remedies in law in order to protect their honour, freedom and interests.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

Journal

The Legal History Review / Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du DroitBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: OFFICERS OF THE CROWN; EXECUTIONER; PRIVILEGES; EARNINGS; INFAMY; 'DROIT DE HAVAGE'; LETTERS OF PROVISION

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