The Lord s First Night

Release on 1998-09 | by Alain Boureau

A vast anthology could be made of such joyous tales about lubricious parish priests.10 Extensive reading of the ... and the nouvelles emerged in the free towns, which had little familiarity with the rural world of personal dependency.

Author: Alain Boureau
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226067438
Category: History
Page: 300
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The Lord s First Night

From the late Middle Ages to THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO to Mel Gibson's BRAVEHEART, the ultimate symbol of feudal barbarism has been the right of a feudal lord to sleep with the bride of a vassal on her wedding night. But here, in a fascinating case study of the folklore of sexuality, Alain Boureau elegantly demonstrates such tradition is a myth.

Language: en
Pages: 300

The Lord's First Night

Authors: Alain Boureau

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-09 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Language: en
Pages:

Niles' Weekly Register

Authors: Hezekiah Niles, William Ogden Niles, Jeremiah Hughes, George Beatty

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 1847 - Publisher:

Containing political, historical, geographical, scientifical, statistical, economical, and biographical documents, essays and facts: together with notices of the arts and manu factures, and a record of the events of the times.