droit du seigneur (Q223708)

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alleged legal right in medieval Europe allowing feudal lords to have sexual relations with subordinate women
  • jus primae noctis
  • droit de cuissage
  • droit de jambage
  • droit de la première nuit
  • droit de la premiere nuit
  • right of the lord
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droit du seigneur
alleged legal right in medieval Europe allowing feudal lords to have sexual relations with subordinate women
  • jus primae noctis
  • droit de cuissage
  • droit de jambage
  • droit de la première nuit
  • droit de la premiere nuit
  • right of the lord

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Le droit du Seigneur (Vasily Polenov, 1874), an artist's depiction of an old man bringing his young daughters to their feudal lord (English)
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JC116.S5
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