El perdón de la parte ofendida como mecanismo para la resolución de crímenes violentos en la Bizkaia de fines del Antiguo Régimen (1766-1841)

Abstract

In the European society of the Old Regime it was common to resolve all kinds of conflicts, even criminal ones, outside the courts. Through the study ofvarious judicial processes in which the offended party granted his pardon in exchange for cer- tain compensation, the main characteristics of theseinfrajudicial practices will be exposed.