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46 - AGNEL (Émile). Judicial and Historical Curiosities of the Middle Ages: Trials Against Animals. Paris: Dumoulin, 1858. In-8, 47 pp., paperback, printed cover. A few small pinholes.
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AGNEL (Émile). Judicial and Historical Curiosities of the Middle Ages: Trials Against Animals. Paris: Dumoulin, 1858. In-8, 47 pp., paperback, printed cover. A few small pinholes. First edition of this curious study devoted to trials brought against animals in the Middle Ages. The author, a lawyer and scholar, discusses these unusual judicial practices in which pigs, horses, rats, insects, and other animals were brought before the courts, tried, and sometimes sentenced to death or excommunicated. Through numerous historical examples, he reconstructs the beliefs and legal concepts of an era in which animals could be held accountable for their actions.
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