François Gayot de Pitaval

François Gayot de Pitaval (1673–1743) was a French advocate.

He compiled a famous collection of causes célèbres.[1] Later the literary genre of true crime collections became known as Pitaval.

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References

  1. Weitin, Thomas; Wetters, Kirk Allen (2004). "Testimony and the Rhetoric of Persuasion". MLN. 119 (3): 525–540 via JSTOR.


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