by Holly Tucker
Voisin, Antoine, 158–60, 162, 165, 203, 271–72
death of, 237
Voisin, Catherine:
abortion business of, 30–32, 34, 113, 159, 162, 163, 174, 186, 196, 197, 205, 215, 252
arrest of, 158, 195, 204, 244, 265
confession of, 177–79, 197–98
courtyard shack of, 30–32, 34, 159, 201–2, 205
enmity between Lesage and, 165–66, 172, 179
execution of, 197–98, 201, 204, 222, 244
interrogations of, 159–62, 164, 165, 167, 177–79, 182–83, 195–97, 205, 209, 217–18, 269
joint interrogation of Bosse and, 162–63
Lepère’s partnership with, 32
Lesage’s partnership and affair with, 37, 165, 172, 179
nefarious activities of, 28–34, 35–37, 111–13, 132–33, 158–59, 168, 173, 174, 177–80, 188, 201–6, 211, 222, 225, 236, 265, 268, 272
play based on, 185–86
Question and torture of, 195–97
remuneration for, 29, 33, 37, 159, 162, 163, 168, 178, 179
search of home of, 158–59, 161
sentencing of, 195
Voisin, Marie-Marguerite, 158–60, 210, 222, 265
arrest of, 244
childhood of, 35–36, 111, 160, 201–3, 237
C. Oeillets implicated by, 218–19, 244
enigma of, 237
interrogation of, 201–6
retained for life in prison, 225
sexual assault and childbirth of, 113, 203, 261
as witness and aide to C. Voisin, 111–13, 197, 214–15, 221, 236
Wallonia, 58
water torture (question d’eau), 87–88, 138, 171, 258
weapons, restrictions on, 23–24, 186
wine, poison dispensed in, 78, 143–45
witches, witchcraft, 31–33, 191, 206, 210, 223, 235, 273
Louis’s edict against, 227–28
Woman with Two Tails, 112, 202–3
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