To receive a royal pardon in sixteenth-century France for certain kinds of homicide—unpremeditated, unintended, in self-defense, or otherwise excusable—a supplicant had to tell the king a story. These stories took the form of letters of remission, documents narrated to royal notaries by admitted offenders who, in effect, stated their case for pardon to the king. Thousands of su...(展开全部)

娜塔莉·泽蒙·戴维斯（Natalie Zemon Davis, 1928- )，著名历史学家，美国新文化史的代表人物，1978年起先后在布朗大学、多伦多大学、伯克利加州大学、普林斯顿大学等高校执教。曾任美国历史学会主席。现为加拿大多伦多大学历史学教授。戴维斯的专长为欧洲近代早期历史研究。曾因其杰出的史学成就，荣获霍尔堡国际纪念奖（2010）、最高等级的加拿大勋章（2012）以及美国国家人文奖章（2012）。被誉为“当今在历史写作方面最具有创造力的人之一”。

To receive a royal pardon in sixteenth-century France for certain kinds of homicide—unpremeditated, unintended, in self-defense, or otherwise excusable—a supplicant had to tell the king a story. These stories took the form of letters of remission, documents narrated to royal notaries by admitted offenders who, in effect, stated their case for pardon to the king. Thousands of su...(展开全部)