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Author Darmon, Pierre, 1939-

Title Damning the innocent : a history of the persecution of the impotent in pre-revolutionary France / Pierre Darmon ; translated from the French by Paul Keegan
Edition First American edition
Published New York, NY : Viking, 1986

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Description 234 pages ; 22 cm
Contents The canons of impotence -- Ambiguous situations -- The problem of marriage -- The impotence trial in context -- Legal procedures -- Attack and defence -- The science of misogyny -- In the hands of the experts -- Trial by congress
Notes Translation of: Le tribunal de l'impuissance
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [231]-234
Subject Impotence (Canon law)
Marriage -- Annulment (Canon law)
Marriage -- Annulment -- France -- History.
Erectile Dysfunction -- history.
Genre/Form History.
LC no. 85040625
ISBN 067080911X
Other Titles Tribunal de l'impuissance. English