Analysis of "lui avaient acheté un homme;" in Un coeur simple by Flaubert, Gustave

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• lui avaient acheté un homme;

  1798 - conscription is introduced
  
  1802 - a law is introduced allowing people to "buy" another man i.e. pay for him to take your place. This was a costly affair...
  
  source: http://lamotte.pagesperso-orange.fr/ecuras/no4con.htm
  http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/bec_0373-6237_1968_num_126_2_449806
  http://lamotte.pagesperso-orange.fr/ecuras/no4con.htm
  
  

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