Authority and sexuality in early modern Burgundy (1550-1730) / James R. Farr.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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.

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