The impact of royal government in the French Ardennes: the evidence of the 1247 enquête
Bartlett Rh
Louis IX's enquête of 1247 was designed to investigate the misdeeds loyal royal officials, and reports cases investigated by enquêteurs reveal impact government at village level. The complaints heard in upland Ardennes voice protests a remote region as it found itself increasingly subject control. local agents crown, usually outsiders, were characterised an arbitrariness procedure disregard for feeling custom which suggests that, this area, justice seen violent intruder much preserver order.
Journal of Medieval History