Medievalists.net » Primae Noctis http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The jus primae noctis as a male power display: A review of historic sources with evolutionary interpretation http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/15/the-jus-primae-noctis-as-a-male-power-display-a-review-of-historic-sources-with-evolutionary-interpretation-2/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/15/the-jus-primae-noctis-as-a-male-power-display-a-review-of-historic-sources-with-evolutionary-interpretation-2/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:11:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28601 Although most historians would agree today that there is no authentic proof of the actual exercise of the custom in the Middle Ages, disagreements persist concerning the origin, meaning, and development of a widespread popular belief in this alleged “right” and the existence of symbolic gestures associated with it.

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