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03941aam a2200493 i 4500 001 0AEA31B0C48911EDAC2163E35EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230317010022 008 201121t20212021enka b 001 0 eng c 020 $a 0197267009 020 $a 9780197267004 035 $a (OCoLC)1223072322 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d CDX $d YDXIT $d YDX $d NYP $d UAB $d OCLCO $d IL4J6 $d UBY $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 4 $a PQ637.L53 $b H67 2021 100 1 $a Horsley, Adam, $e author. 245 10 $a Libertines and the law : $b subversive authors and criminal justice in early seventeenth-century France / $c Adam Horsley. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Oxford : $b Oxford University Press, for the British Academy, $c 2021. 300 $a xvii, 405 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a A British Academy monograph 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-392) and index. 520 $a "Following the assassination of Henri IV in 1610, the political turbulence of Louis XIII's early reign led to renewed efforts to police the book trade. Yet this period also witnessed a golden age of so-called 'libertine' literature, including a plethora of sexually explicit and irreverent poetry as well as works of free-thinking that cast doubt on the dogma of Church and State. As France moved closer towards absolutism, a number of unorthodox writers were forced to defend themselves before the law courts. Libertines and the Law examines the notorious trials of three subversive authors. The Italian naturalist philosopher Giulio Cesare Vanini was brutally executed for blasphemy by the Parlement de Toulouse in 1619. The Jewish convert Jean Fontanier was burned at the stake two years later in Paris for authoring a text refuting Christian teaching. Finally, the trial of the infamous poet Theophile de Viau for irreligion, obscenity, and poetic descriptions of homosexuality proved to be a landmark in French literary and social history, despite the poet eventually escaping the death penalty in 1625. These trials are contextualised with a conceptual history of libertinism, as well as an exploration of literary censorship and the mechanics of the criminal justice system in early modern France. Drawing from rarely explored archival sources, newly discovered evidence, and legal manuals, Libertines and the Law provides new insights into the censorship of French literature and thought from the perspectives of both the defendants and the magistrates. Through a diverse corpus including poetry, philosophical texts, religious polemics, Jewish teachings, and private memoirs, it sheds new light on this crucial period in literary, legal, and intellectual history."--Back cover. 600 17 $a Vanini, Giulio Cesare, $d 1585-1619. $2 nli 600 17 $a Fontanier, Jean, $d 1588-1621. $2 nli 600 17 $a Viau, Theophile de, $d 1590-1626. $2 nli 650 0 $a French literature $y 17th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Authors, French $y 17th century $x Legal status, laws, etc. 650 0 $a Literature and morals $z France $y 17th century. 650 0 $a Libertinism in literature. 650 6 $a Litterature francʹaise $y 17e siecle $x Histoire et critique. 650 6 $a Libertinage dans la litterature. 650 7 $a French literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00934688 650 7 $a Libertinism in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00997249 650 7 $a French literature $y 17th century $x History and criticism. $2 nli 650 7 $a French literature $x Censorship. $2 nli 650 7 $a Authors, French $y 17th century $x Legal status, laws, etc. $2 nli 650 7 $a Libertinism in literature. $2 nli 648 7 $a 1600-1699 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 830 0 $a British Academy monograph. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019013313.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0AEA31B0C48911EDAC2163E35EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search