Authority and Sexuality in Early Modern Burgundy (1550-1730)
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in the History of Sexuality
ISBN-10
0195089073
ISBN-13
9780195089073
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 16th, 1995
Print length
264 Pages
Weight
513 grams
Dimensions
24.30 x 16.20 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
European historyEarly modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700Social & cultural historyAnthropology
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Through the prism of sexuality the author makes a convincing case that in the aftermath of the French religious wars, French authorities sought to create a new order in which prescriptions and the disposition of the body worked to discipline and rein individuals within a variety of institutions ranging from the family to the church.
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 disposition of bodies, both male and female, be they priests, courting couples, victims of seduction or rape, or prostitutes. James Farr''s book offers an unusually fertile approach to study the link between sexuality and criminality.
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