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Author Farr, James Richard, 1950-

Title Authority and sexuality in early modern Burgundy (1550-1730) / James R. Farr
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 252 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Studies in the history of sexuality
Studies in the history of sexuality.
Contents INTRODUCTION -- I: The Order of Morality, The Morality of Order -- 1 The Social World and the World of Ideas -- 2 From the Cloister to the Street -- II: The Disposition of Bodies -- 3 The Power of the Holy: Reformers, Priests, and Parishioners -- 4 Marriage and the Uses of the Law: Legislation, Adjudication, and Litigation -- 5 Bartered Bodies: Infanticide, Lasciviousness, and Prostitution -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z
Summary A sociocultural analysis of the relationships among law, religion, and sexual morality in Burgundy during the Catholic Reformation, this book is divided into two, interrelated parts: the world of prescription and the world of practice. The first part examines the construction of authority, focusing primarily upon Burgundy's dominant elite legal community. The second part of the book examines the deployment of authority, and its appropriation by French men and women. The new moral order focused on sexuality and the imposition of this order involved a legal contest over the dispositionof bodies
Analysis Law Related to Sexuality History
Burgundy (France)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Power (Social sciences) -- France -- Burgundy -- History
Sex -- France -- Burgundy -- History
PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction.
Moral conditions
Power (Social sciences)
Sex
SUBJECT Burgundy (France) -- Moral conditions
Subject France -- Burgundy
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780195089073
0195089073
1423764978
9781423764977
9786610442997
6610442991
9780195358384
0195358384