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POKING INTO DARK CORNERS:ILLEGAL & SALACIOUS

”Whether such pronouncement represented genuine alarm or rhetorical posturing is difficult to say, but the authorities certainly took slander seriously. On may 28, 1649, the Parlement of Paris tried to restore order in the capital by threatening to hang anyone … Continue reading

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