Adam Horsley
Biographic Data
| ID | 3062546 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adam Horsley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adam |
| FAMILY NAME | Horsley |
| SIGNATURE | HORSLEY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0105-2633 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Le témoignage oublié d’un « petit laquay »: Nouveaux documents sur le procès de Théophile de Viau (1623-1625)
Cette étude présente trois nouveaux documents sur le procès du poète libertin Théophile de Viau conservés aux Archives Nationales et aux Archives de la Préfecture de Police. Elle commence par une exposition de la méthodologie qui a rendu possible ces découvertes et leur contribution à nos connaissances sur le procès et la biographie de Théophile. Elle met en lumière un témoin oublié, son laquais Isaac La Pause – le seul à ne pas parler contre le …
‘Sans offenser l'ordre’: Voice, Order, and Gender in Les Caquets de l'accouchée (1622)
This article considers a series of satirical pamphlets written against women – Les Caquets de l'accouchée – in which the male narrator covertly records women's gossip in the bedroom of a recently delivered woman. Scholars have largely focussed on the fluid gender identity of a male visitor within this sphere of all-female sociability. This study instead takes a closer look at the accouchée's visitors, in order to demonstrate that their identity, …
Law and Literature in French Studies
‘Privé’ and ‘Particulier’ (and Other Words) in Seventeenth-Century France
Blasphemy Hunters: Nicolas de Verdun and the Punishment of Criminal Speech in Early Bourbon France
This article explores a fascinating account of a blasphemy case tried by the Parlement de Toulouse, found in a letter written by the premier président Nicolas de Verdun to Henri IV. Such archival sources provide valuable insights into the ways in which magistrates judged a case, as well as their engagement with legal theory and royal legislation upon which modern sources often base their analyses. The article begins by outlining early modern defi…
Secret Cabinets, Scribal Publication, and the Satyrique: François Maynard and Libertine Poetry in Public and Private Spaces
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Secret Cabinets, Scribal Publication, and the Satyrique: François Maynard and Libertine Poetry in Public and Private Spaces
‘Privé’ and ‘Particulier’ (and Other Words) in Seventeenth-Century France
Blasphemy Hunters: Nicolas de Verdun and the Punishment of Criminal Speech in Early Bourbon France
This article explores a fascinating account of a blasphemy case tried by the Parlement de Toulouse, found in a letter written by the premier président Nicolas de Verdun to Henri IV. Such archival sources provide valuable insights into the ways in which magistrates judged a case, as well as their engagement with legal theory and royal legislation upon which modern sources often base their analyses. The article begins by outlining early modern defi…
Law and Literature in French Studies
‘Sans offenser l'ordre’: Voice, Order, and Gender in Les Caquets de l'accouchée (1622)
This article considers a series of satirical pamphlets written against women – Les Caquets de l'accouchée – in which the male narrator covertly records women's gossip in the bedroom of a recently delivered woman. Scholars have largely focussed on the fluid gender identity of a male visitor within this sphere of all-female sociability. This study instead takes a closer look at the accouchée's visitors, in order to demonstrate that their identity, …
Le témoignage oublié d’un « petit laquay »: Nouveaux documents sur le procès de Théophile de Viau (1623-1625)
Cette étude présente trois nouveaux documents sur le procès du poète libertin Théophile de Viau conservés aux Archives Nationales et aux Archives de la Préfecture de Police. Elle commence par une exposition de la méthodologie qui a rendu possible ces découvertes et leur contribution à nos connaissances sur le procès et la biographie de Théophile. Elle met en lumière un témoin oublié, son laquais Isaac La Pause – le seul à ne pas parler contre le …
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