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Trial of Jeanne Catherine

Sara Beam
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  • ISBN 9781487587673
  • Weight: 250g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 22 Jan 2021
  • Publisher: University of Toronto Press
  • Publication City/Country: CA
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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In 1686 in Geneva, a single mother named Jeanne Catherine Thomasset is charged with poisoning two young children: her own illegitimate daughter and the son of a rural wet nurse. So begins a harrowing criminal trial during which authorities interrogate Jeanne Catherine several times, sometimes with torture, to determine the truth.

The Trial of Jeanne Catherine is a suspenseful historical mystery that offers students the opportunity to learn about motherhood, child rearing, gender, religion, local politics, and the practice of criminal justice in early modern Europe. This edition provides the complete trial transcript as well as the deliberations of the Genevan authorities and relevant correspondence.
About Sara Beam

Sara Beam is a professor of History at the University of Victoria.

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