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Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Investigating the Affair of the Poisons, 1676/1682 2 Medea and the Marquise: Understanding the Crime of Poison in Seventeenth-Century France 3 The Criminal Magical Underworld of Paris 4 The Renegade Priests of Paris and the Amatory Mass 5 The Magic of Mistresses at the Court of Louis XIV Conclusion: The End of Magic? Notes Bibliography Index
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Poisoning -- France -- History -- 17th century.
France -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 17th century.
France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
Trials (Murder) -- France -- History -- 17th century.
Murder -- France -- History -- 17th century.