Libertines and the Law - Subversive Authors Criminal Justice in Early Seventeenth Century

This study sheds new light on the trials of 'libertine' authors (a term for religious, sexual, social or moral subversion), by considering them primarily as legal defendants.

List of contents

• List of illustrations


• List of abbreviations


• Introduction


• I: LIBERTINES AND THE LAW


• 1: Libertines


• 2: The Law


• II: LIBERTINE AUTHOR TRIALS


• 3: Hiding in Plain Sight: The Trial of Giulio Cesare Vanini (1618-19)


• 4: Authorial and Confessional Identity: The Trial of Jean Fontanier (1621)


• 5: A Last Stand: The Trial of Théophile de Viau (1623-25)


• Conclusion


• Glossary of legal terms


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Adam Horsley is currently a Lecturer in French at the University of Exeter. He studied for his PhD at the University of Nottingham, one year of which was spent in Paris whilst teaching at the Université de Paris VII Denis Diderot. He subsequently taught at Nottingham for three years as an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow. He is the author of a number of studies on seventeenth-century French libertine literature, criminal history and material bibliography.

Summary

This study sheds new light on the trials of 'libertine' authors (a term for religious, sexual, social or moral subversion), by considering them primarily as legal defendants.

Additional text

A highly impressive book...covering the fields of literary studies, criminology, and political and religious history, displaying extraordinary new research and discoveries of previously unknown and unstudied manuscripts. The breadth, scholarship and creativity of Libertines and the Law make it essential reading for students of early modern French law and literature.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Horsley, Adam (Lecturer in French Horsley, Adam (Postdoctoral Research Fellow Horsley
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780197267004
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726700-4
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: British Academy Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Language: history & general works, Historical & comparative linguistics, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Palaeography (History Of Writing), Language: history and general works, Historical and comparative linguistics, Palaeography