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

Descript 1 online resource (viii, 252 pages) : illustrations, map polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003 Series Studies in the history of sexuality. Studies in the history of sexuality. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 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. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Power (Social sciences) -- France -- Burgundy -- History. Sex -- France -- Burgundy -- History. Burgundy (France) -- Moral conditions. PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality. SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction. Moral conditions. (OCoLC)fst01026043 Power (Social sciences) (OCoLC)fst01074219 Sex. (OCoLC)fst01114160 France -- Burgundy. (OCoLC)fst01206081 ISBN 9780195089073 (acid-free paper) 0195089073 (acid-free paper) 1423764978 (electronic bk.) 9781423764977 (electronic bk.) 9786610442997 6610442991 9780195358384 (e-book) 0195358384 0195089073 (acid-free paper)