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Disorderly Families: Infamous Letters from the Bastille Archives

Book information

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780816695348, 0816695342
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2422862 bytes)
Pages
328 pages\344
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

Contents Translator's Preface Editor's Introduction Presentation The King's Orders At the Family's Request 1728-1758: A Survey 1. Marital Discord Putting and End to One's Misery The Pact Broken Debauch: Masculine Spaces, Feminine Spaces The Gaze of Others The Imprisonment Obtained or the Beginning of a Story Obscure "Police Clarifications" The Singular Status of Repentance Documents 1. Marital Discord Households in Ruin The Imprisonment of Wives The Debauch of Husbands The Tale of a Request 2. Parents and Children Conflicts of Interest Disturbance "Conflicts at the Threshold" Departure for the Islands The Honor of Families Parental Ethics Documents 2. Parents and Children The Disruption of Affairs Shameful Concubinage The Dishonor of Waywardness Domestic Violence Bad Apprentices Exiles Family Honor The Parental Ethos of 1728: The Importance of Sentiment The Parental Ethos of 1758: The Duty to Educate 3. When Addressing the King From Use to Abuse Representation and Secrecy The End of Lettres de Cachet Afterword Arlette Farge Notes Index to Names Index to Places

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