[PDF.68rw] A Poisoned Past: The Life and Times of Margarida de Portu, a Fourteenth-Century Accused Poisoner (Thinking Historically)

A Poisoned Past: The Life and Times of Margarida de Portu, a Fourteenth-Century Accused Poisoner (Thinking Historically)

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 | #613292 in Books |  2014-04-29 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.86 x.55 x6.01l,.75 | File type: PDF | 224 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A good book about how historians work|By Peter L. Belmonte|This is an interesting and unique look at the way history is "done." Bednarski shows and describes how he used primary source information to learn about an relatively minor episode; his look at what happened, and his analysis of the evidence, sheds light on several aspects of European history as well as on the craft of| |This book attempts to serve two purposes: tell the story of Margarida de Portu and teach university students about microhistory. Bednarski has achieved both these goals with a well-told tale, useful pedagogical queries and suggestions, and appropriate document

This is the story of Margarida de Portu, a fourteenth-century French medieval woman accused of poisoning her husband to death. As Bednarski points out, the story is important not so much for what it tells us about Margarida but for how it illuminates a past world. Through the depositions and accusations made in court, the reader learns much about medieval women, female agency, kin networks, solidarity, sex, sickness, medicine, and law.

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You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.A Poisoned Past: The Life and Times of Margarida de Portu, a Fourteenth-Century Accused Poisoner (Thinking Historically)   |  Steven Bednarski. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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