by Geneviève Reynes · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782856162637
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«L'abbé de Choisy, ou, L'ingénu libertin» is the biography by Geneviève Reynes published by Presses de la Renaissance in paperback (341 pages, in French).
The biography follows the life of l'abbé de Choisy, a 17th-century French nobleman known for his fondness for cross-dressing during the reign of Louis XIV. Geneviève Reynes examines the contradictions of his identity, his place in the nobility and the way his figure was viewed by the society of his time.
The book was published in 1983 in the collection «Histoire des hommes», with illustrations and a final bibliography (pp. 337-342).
The book is aimed at readers interested in the history of France, the court of Louis XIV and studies on gender identity.
