Epitomes of Evil: Representations of Executioners in Northern France and the Low Countries in the Late Middle Ages

by Hannele Klemettilä

Hangmen were familiar characters from urban reality to people living in France and the Burgundian Netherlands in the late Middle Ages. These officers played an essential role in the new penal system.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2503522785
• ISBN13: 9782503522784
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 396 Pages