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"Examines same-sex relations in eighteenth-century France through a variety of sources, translated and annotated by the author, including police records and oth

In this book, Jeffrey Merrick brings together a rich array of primary-source documents—many of which are published or translated here for the first time—tha

Police in Paris arrested thousands of men for sodomy or similar acts in the eighteenth century. In the mid-1780s, they recorded depositions in which prisoners r

In this book, Jeffrey Merrick brings together a rich array of primary-source documents-many of which are published or translated here for the first time-that de

We know more about men who sought and had sex with men in eighteenth-century Paris than in any other city at the time. Police records provide information about