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The Hautefaye Case
The Hautefaye Affair, also known as the Hautefaye Drama, was a criminal incident that took place on August 16, 1870, during a fair in the village of Hautefaye in the Dordogne region (France), when Alain de Monéys, a young local nobleman, was beaten, tortured and finally Death by burning, burned alive by the crowd. The case was set against the backdrop of the Franco-Prussian War, 1870 war and the heightened passions it aroused in the population of this small village. Following a simple misunderstanding, Alain de Monéys was mistaken for a Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian, leading to his lynching. The Barbarian, barbarity of the event was further amplified by rumors—attributed to the mayor—that the villagers had committed acts of Human cannibalism, cannibalism. Of the twenty-one people accused of the murder, the four most responsible were Capital punishment, sentenced to death and one to Penal labour, penal labor for life. Several books have been written on the case. For writer Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hautefaye
Hautefaye (; ) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France. It gained particular notoriety for a mob attack and murder of an innocent man, Alain de Moneys, at the time of the Franco-Prussian War, in mid-August 1870. History Killing of Alain de Monéys On 16 August 1870, France was losing the war against Prussia. Within three weeks, Emperor Napoleon III would be captured by the enemy and his regime overthrown by a self-proclaimed Government for National Defence. Rural France, which had largely been faithful to Napoleon I and welcomed his nephew, was tense. Many rural residents were illiterate and depended upon news of the war from educated, often noble residents, which they resented. During a fair at Hautefaye, matters turned ugly when an aristocratic cousin of a young nobleman named Alain de Monéys reported the war was not going well. Many villagers had been drinking and received the news poorly. They attacked the cousin, the Vicom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
