The Lord's First Night

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books.google.ca - 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 de cuissage even resurfaced in the debate over the French...https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Lord_s_First_Night.html?id=E4CmfuBOV6EC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Lord's First Night

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