Re: No Nice Anybody Anywhere

From: hcarteau_at_xO9R29Fm8sujAUoFnXqyGGAMZkMR6jbBH3zJUS1_T_Jw30swtEhT9BOS8N3fBot8w-A
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:09:42 +0200


> I suspect that should be 'Ius Primae Noctis' - 'Droit de seigneur' is
> the more usual term for this in English, although I gather that your
> actual French prefer 'droit de cuissage'.

///Which, as we all know, never existed in reality, and was made up by Beaumarchais in "Les Noces de Figaro". It would have been crazy to do this for any ruler anyway - it's a very good way to stir unrest and revolts.            

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