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Dr Tom Hamilton's Outputs (24)

Gaspard de Monconys’ Defence against the Charge of Imposture: Criminal Justice, Social Hierarchy, and Personal Identity in Early Seventeenth-Century France (2024)
Journal Article
Greengrass, M., & Hamilton, T. (2024). Gaspard de Monconys’ Defence against the Charge of Imposture: Criminal Justice, Social Hierarchy, and Personal Identity in Early Seventeenth-Century France. The Seventeenth Century, 39(4), 511-537. https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.2024.2346306

This article analyses a remarkable criminal trial which took place in early seventeenth-century France. In 1617, Gaspard de Monconys, son of a prominent judge in Lyon, was accused of committing sacrilege and theft in the basilica of Saint-Denis, and... Read More about Gaspard de Monconys’ Defence against the Charge of Imposture: Criminal Justice, Social Hierarchy, and Personal Identity in Early Seventeenth-Century France.

Pierre de L'Estoile et la sorcellerie (2024)
Book Chapter
Hamilton, T. (in press). Pierre de L'Estoile et la sorcellerie. In N. Oddo, & G. Schrenck (Eds.), Pierre de L’Estoile, homme de cabinet, homme de réseaux. Geneva: Droz

A Widow's Vengeance after the Wars of Religion: Gender and Justice in Renaissance France (2024)
Book
Hamilton, T. (2024). A Widow's Vengeance after the Wars of Religion: Gender and Justice in Renaissance France. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192870179.001.0001

Paris, 1599. At the end of the French Wars of Religion, the widow Renée Chevalier instigated the prosecution of the military captain Mathurin Delacanche, who had committed multiple acts of rape, homicide, and theft against the villagers who lived aro... Read More about A Widow's Vengeance after the Wars of Religion: Gender and Justice in Renaissance France.

Prosecuting theft in Old Regime France, c.1540–c.1700 (2023)
Journal Article
Hamilton, T. (2023). Prosecuting theft in Old Regime France, c.1540–c.1700. Continuity and Change, 38(3), 283-312. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0268416023000334

This article analyses a significant sample of theft cases tried in the appellate courts of the parlements of Paris and Toulouse from the mid-sixteenth century to the end of the seventeenth century. Despite some historians’ claims that theft was typic... Read More about Prosecuting theft in Old Regime France, c.1540–c.1700.

Un 'cas exécrable' devant le Parlement de Paris à la fin des guerres de Religion (1599-1600) (2023)
Journal Article
Hamilton, T. (online). Un 'cas exécrable' devant le Parlement de Paris à la fin des guerres de Religion (1599-1600). Criminocorpus (Revue), https://doi.org/10.4000/criminocorpus.12196

[French] Jugé par les magistrats du Parlement de Paris entre 1599 et 1600, cet exceptionnel procès révèle les dynamiques locales des violences à la fin des guerres de Religion ainsi que les réponses judiciaires faites aux victimes. L’initiative de l’... Read More about Un 'cas exécrable' devant le Parlement de Paris à la fin des guerres de Religion (1599-1600).

The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre Up Close (2022)
Journal Article
Hamilton, T. (2022). The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre Up Close. French History, 36(4), 467-470. https://doi.org/10.1093/fh/crac055

This review article discusses how Jérémie Foa’s prize-winning book Tous ceux qui tombent: visages de la Saint-Barthélemy (2021) gives a history of the Saint Bartholomew’s Day massacre up close. It examines how Foa takes a fresh approach to the Massac... Read More about The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre Up Close.

Political Crime in the Wars of Religion: François Brigard's Sedition (2021)
Book Chapter
Hamilton, T. (2021). Political Crime in the Wars of Religion: François Brigard's Sedition. In J. O'Brien, & M. Schachter (Eds.), Sedition: The Spread of Controversial Literature and Ideas in France and Scotland, c. 1550–1610 (195-212). Brepols Publishers

The Evidence of Hearsay in Criminal Proceedings from Late Renaissance France (2021)
Journal Article
Hamilton, T. (2022). The Evidence of Hearsay in Criminal Proceedings from Late Renaissance France. Renaissance Studies, 36(3), 377-394. https://doi.org/10.1111/rest.12761

This article argues that Renaissance legal culture provided a robust means of evaluating the epistemological status of rumour, informed by the Roman law of proof. In order to do so, the article explores the meaning of hearsay evidence in criminal pro... Read More about The Evidence of Hearsay in Criminal Proceedings from Late Renaissance France.

A Sodomy Scandal on the Eve of the French Wars of Religion (2021)
Journal Article
Hamilton, T. (2021). A Sodomy Scandal on the Eve of the French Wars of Religion. Historical Journal, 64(4), 844-864. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0018246x20000564

This article uncovers a sodomy scandal that took place in the Benedictine Abbey of Morigny, on the eve of the French Wars of Religion, in order to tackle an apparently simple yet persistent question in the history of early modern criminal justice. Wh... Read More about A Sodomy Scandal on the Eve of the French Wars of Religion.

Adjudicating the Troubles: Violence, Memory, and Criminal Justice at the End of the Wars of Religion (2020)
Journal Article
Hamilton, T. (2020). Adjudicating the Troubles: Violence, Memory, and Criminal Justice at the End of the Wars of Religion. French History, 34(4), 417-434. https://doi.org/10.1093/fh/craa044

This article gives a new perspective on the themes of violence, memory, and criminal justice at the end of the Wars of Religion by focusing on a particularly well-documented criminal case tried by the Parlement of Paris. Previous studies of the end o... Read More about Adjudicating the Troubles: Violence, Memory, and Criminal Justice at the End of the Wars of Religion.

'Food and War' and 'Food Theft' (2019)
Book Chapter
Hamilton, T. (2019). 'Food and War' and 'Food Theft'. In V. Avery, & M. Calaresu (Eds.), Feast & Fast: The Art of Food in Europe, 1500-1800 (54-57). Bloomsbury

The Impact of Jacques Gillot’s Actes du Concile de Trente (1607) in the Debate Concerning the Council of Trent in France (2018)
Book Chapter
Hamilton, T. (2018). The Impact of Jacques Gillot’s Actes du Concile de Trente (1607) in the Debate Concerning the Council of Trent in France. In W. François, & V. Soen (Eds.), The Council of Trent : reform and controversy in Europe and beyond (1545-1700). Vol. 2: Between bishops and princes (345-365). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. https://doi.org/10.13109/9783666551086.345