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Fonction et usage de la lettre de rémission chez les ducs de Bourgogne à la fin du Moyen Âge

2015

The letter of remission is a codified document given by the prince, stopping any procedure against people. It forgives the criminal and brings him back his good fama. It allows the historian to wonder about the forgiveness procedure that was established first by the monarchy, then by several territorial princes notably the dukes of Burgundy. The conditions in which these documents were produced at the end of the Middle Ages, their multiple copies and the copies that were made several decades after the initial pardon and that are conserved in the chartrier of the dukes of Burgundy in the Archives Départementales de Côte d’Or invites us to analyze the different practices through time, first b…