Authority and Sexuality in Early Modern Burgundy (1550-1730).

By: Farr, James RMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Studies in the History of Sexuality SerPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1995Copyright date: ©1995Description: 1 online resource (263 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781601299758Subject(s): Burgundy (France) -- Moral conditions | Power (Social sciences) -- France -- Burgundy -- History | Sex -- France -- Burgundy -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Authority and Sexuality in Early Modern Burgundy (1550-1730)DDC classification: 306.7/0944/4 LOC classification: HN440.P6 -- F37 1995ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- 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: This study argues 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 kept individuals confined within a variety of institutions, from the church to the family.
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Intro -- 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.

This study argues 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 kept individuals confined within a variety of institutions, from the church to the family.

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