Comment s'insultait on au Moyen Âge ?
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Durant le haut Moyen-Âge, certains recueils juridiques, comme la loi salique, s'efforçaient, entre autres choses, de policer un peu les mœurs rudes du temps. C'est ainsi qu'elle punissait les injures de lourdes amendes. Le reflet des mœurs du temps La loi s ...
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