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Woman, Church & State

Note 20 — Chapter Four

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Droit de cuissage c’est le droit de mettre une cuisse dans le lit d’une autre, ou de coucher avec le femme d’une vassal ou d’une serf.

So much scandal was caused that finally the archbishop of Bourges abolished this right in his diocese.—Feudal Dictionary.

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