The crime of poison in the Middle Ages
By: Franck Collard ; translated by Deborah Nelson-Campbell.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780313346996
Subjects: Poisoning -- History -- To 1500; Poisoning -- history; Crime -- history; Crime -- psychology; History, Medieval
Work titles: Crime de poison au Moyen Âge.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An elusive crime?; title: A unique weapon; title: The sociology of poisoning; title: Horrendum scelus, an abominable crime; title: Pursuit and punishment; title: Beyond crime : issues and uses of poison.