The Lord's First Night : The Myth of the Droit de Cuissage Paperback - 1998 - 1st Edition
by Boureau, Alain
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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.
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- Title The Lord's First Night : The Myth of the Droit de Cuissage
- Author Boureau, Alain
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 310
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 1998-09
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 17347641-6
- ISBN 9780226067438 / 0226067432
- Weight 0.96 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 8.88 x 5.98 x 0.67 in (22.56 x 15.19 x 1.70 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Feudalism, Jus primae noctis
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97036598
- Dewey Decimal Code 392.509
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