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The article presents a literary criticism of Hélisenne de Crenne's "Les Epistres familieres et invectives" and discusses the role of invective letters during the Renaissance. According to the article, the modern sense of the word invective did not apply during the 16th century. In fact, only a small part of "Les Epistres familieres et invectives" could be seen as injurious, according to the author. Other topics include epideictic oratory and judicial discourse.