Alleged legal right in medieval Europe allowing feudal lords to have sexual relations with subordinate women
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Jus primae noctis
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The lord's first night : the myth of the droit de cuissage / Alain Boureau ; translated by Lydia G. Cochrane.
Boureau, Alain.Date: 1998
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A young woman has the laces of her bodice loosened by her new husband on their wedding night. Coloured lithograph by Bettannier brothers, 1851, after L.-F. Corréard.
Corréard, Louis Frédéric, 1815-1858.Date: 1851Reference: 28433iPart of: Galerie pour rire.