The Lord's First Night: The Myth of the Droit de Cuissage by Alain Boureau
The Lord's First Night: The Myth of the Droit de Cuissage

Alain Boureau

The Lord's First Night: The Myth of the Droit de Cuissage

Alain Boureau with Lydia G. Cochrane (Translator)

310 pages hardcover

2 editions

nonfiction history reference informative medium-paced
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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 droit de cuissage, or right of a feudal lord to sleep with the bride of a vassal on her wedding night. The droit d...

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