Sex in an Old Regime City: Young Workers and Intimacy in France, 1660-1789

by Julie Hardwick

Our ideas about the long histories of young couples' relationships and women's efforts to manage their reproductive health are often premised on the notion of a powerful sexual double standard.

In Sex in an Old Regime City, Julie Hardwick offers a major reframing of the history of young people's intimacy. Based on legal records from the city of Lyon, Hardwick uncovers the relationships of young workers before marriage and after pregnancy occurred,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190945184
• ISBN13: 9780190945183
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"