Clio@Themis (Dec 2023)

Les menstrues de Charlotte Courtecuisse. Genre et justice au xviiie siècle

  • Sabrina Michel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4000/cliothemis.3963
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25

Abstract

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Through a concrete case of 18th century practice, this article questions the possibilities for a woman, moreover a domestic, to defend herself in court against a brutal master who does not hesitate to mobilize against her arguments drawn from a supposed social and gender superiority. Old Regime, justice, women, domestic servants, infringement of personal dignity, gender bias

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