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

Zusatztext James R. Farr draws heavily upon archival research and a careful reading in Counter-Reformation and social theory scholarship...this is more than a narrow regional study. it is a deeply textured argument, intended for a wide audience, that ably demonstrates that even though the religious fervor of the Counter-Reformation peaked in the 1690s, the judicial politics of eighteenth-century France elites remained heavily influenced by Counter-Reformation ideas of discipline, sin, and female concupiscence. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: James R. Farr, James R. (Associate Professor of History Farr, James Richard Farr, Farr James R.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.01.1995
• EAN: 9780195089073
• ISBN: 978-0-19-508907-3
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: Studies in the History of Sexuality; Studies in the History of Sexu; Studies in the History of Sexuality
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800