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Joseph Michel Antoine Servan
Joseph Michel Antoine Servan (November 3, 1737 – 1807) was a French publicist and lawyer. He was born at Romans (Dauphiné). After studying law he was appointed ''avocat-general'' at the '' parlement'' of Grenoble at the age of twenty-seven. In his ''Discours sur l'administration de la Justice Criminelle'' (1767) he made an eloquent protest against legal abuses and the severity of the criminal code. In 1767 he gained great repute for his defense of a Protestant woman who, as a result of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, had been abandoned by her Catholic husband. In 1772, however, on the parlement refusing to accede to his request that a present made by a ''grand seigneur'' to a singer should be annulled on the ground of immorality, he resigned, and went into retirement. He excused himself on the score of ill health from sitting in the States General of 1789, to which he had been elected deputy, and refused to take his seat in the ''Corps Législatif'' under the Empire. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romans-sur-Isère
Romans-sur-Isère (; Occitan: ''Rumans d'Isèra''; Old Occitan: ''Romans'') is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Geography Romans-sur-Isère is located on the Isère, northeast of Valence. There are more than 50,000 inhabitants in the urban area (if the neighboring town of Bourg-de-Péage is included). Romans is close to the Vercors. Population Economy * Nuclear fuel manufacture (FBFC, Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible), Framatome subsidiary. * Shoe manufacture (including Robert Clergerie) History *Historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie wrote ''Carnaval de Romans'' (1980) a microhistorical study, based on the only two surviving eyewitness accounts, of the 1580 massacre of about twenty artisans at the annual carnival in the town. He treats the massacre as a microcosm of the political, social and religious conflicts of rural society in the latter half of the 16th century in France. *On 18 July 2017, the town was the end point for Stage Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
