Abstract

A Metal-Working Episode in the 15th-Century French-Lorraine War : The Roches-sur-Marne Proceedings In the last years of the 15th century, the installation of an ambitious ironworks on the Marne River became the cause of legal proceedings with political aspects, owing to the rivalry between the Lorraine family that set up this works and the Royal administration. The inquiry conducted during proceedings indicted this heavy industry. It was charged with destabilizing the local ecological and economic system, which the king's representative in the castellani of Saint-Dizier had set up for working the forests, ensuring the movement of persons and merchandise, and protecting the bourgeoisie.

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