Talk:Jean-François de la Barre
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I got the historical info from here. David.Monniaux 16:39, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)
The French article says rehabilitation occured in 1791... David.Monniaux 07:18, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Bjorn-Are 16:27, 19 August 2006 (UTC)There is more here and in the French Wikipedia, about other matters leading to de la Barre being accused and condemned: "The Chevalier de la Barre, a young soldier, was staying with his aunt, an abbess, when she became the object of romantic attentions from a man named Belleval. Belleval, rejected, attempted to ruin the abbess financially, and, when her nephew came to her aid, attempted to ruin him by spreading the rumor of his disregard of a passing religious procession. The disturbance created by these allegations coincided with the destruction of a crucifix hanging on a bridge, and Belleval alleged that de la Barre was responsible." In other words a revenge act, possible also with Belleval influencing the court in other ways?
And there is more: "As Voltaire points out, the precedent for de la Barre’s punishment was a sentence of 1682 whereby two women and two priests, who had “committed imaginary acts of sorcery and real acts of poisoning their victims” (145), had been put to death as “profaners and poisoners.”" Seems like this was a rather rare case?
