Municipal officials, their public, and the negotiation of justice in medieval Languedoc : fear not the madness of the raging mob / by Patricia Turning.
From count to king: the capitols' struggle to maintain control over the legal structure of Toulouse -- The spatial distribution of crime in Toulouse -- "With an angry face and teeth clenched:" personal conflict and public resolution -- Forces of order, forces of disorder: corrupt officers and the confusion of authority -- The power to punish in medieval Toulouse.
Summary
In Municipal Officials, Their Public, and the Negotiation of Justice in Medieval Languedoc, Turning explores the role of the urban public in shaping local jurisdiction as the region of Languedoc became a part of the Capetian kingdom in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
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