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A

Abbeys ​26, 88

Aborigines ​144

Abraham (Hebrew patriarch) ​152

Abraham, Lyndy
A Dictionary of Alchemical Imagery ​66n3, 70n13, 132nn181–82, 165

Absolutism ​3n6, 6, 8, 54, 92

Abyssinians ​158

Acrisius ​91n70

Acteon ​80

Adultery ​27, 91–93

Aeschylus ​137

Albala, Ken
Eating Right ​42–44, 51–52, 133, 175

Albinus, Lucceius ​123

Alchemy ​31, 36, 44, 50, 66n3, 99, 106n124, 121n162, 132nn181–82, 144n215, 170

Alcibiades ​107

Alcidamus ​111

Alexander the Great ​119, 120

Alexandrins ​54

Altar ​46, 77, 79, 103, 126, 130, 146

Amboise, Edict of ​3

Anacreon ​87

Anatomy ​21, 41, 42, 113, 148, 168

Antinous ​76–77, 171

Antiphanes ​111

Antiquity, ancient ​9, 27, 29, 31, 36, 41, 55, 64n2, 73, 76, 82n47, 86, 89, 91, 97, 98, 99, 111, 112, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 133, 142, 145, 159, 160, 167, 173

Antony, Mark (Antonius, Marcus) ​23, 80, 81

Aphrodite (see also Venus) ​5, 158

Apicius, Caelius ​23, 82, 111n132

Aquinas, Thomas ​26n78, 165

Araujo, Nicolas de ​8n29, 166

Architecture ​4, 8, 9, 10–15, 16, 20–21, 66, 77, 173–74

Arentzen, Thomas
“Writing on Trees” ​140n203, 165

Aretino (Pietro Bacci) ​80

Ariosto, Ludovico
Orlando furioso ​84n52

Aristides ​95

Aristippus ​110n131

Aristophanes ​87, 107n128, 111

Aristotle ​45n170
On the Soul ​143–44n214, 171

Armor ​20, 72, 137n199

Artaxerxes ​80

Articles of Faith ​24, 26, 89, 165

Artisans ​107

Atheist, atheism ​25, 54, 57, 139, 141, 144n217, 148, 170

Atossa ​80

Aubigné, Théodore Agrippa d’
Les Tragiques ​156n231, 171

Aurelius, Marcus ​24, 83

B

Bacchanals ​25, 86, 120

Bacchus ​24, 26, 80n42, 84, 86, 89, 99, 129, 136

Bachot, Gaspard ​43, 176
Erreurs populaires [Popular Errors]

Bankruptcy ​31, 99n92, 131n180

Banquet ​8, 41–53, 59, 60, 107n128, 126–36

Barbarians ​73n19, 118, 167

Bastien, Pascal
“Aux tresors dissipez” ​17n44, 35n121, 174

Baulant, Micheline
“Prix et salaires à Paris” ​1n2, 165

Beards ​18, 68, 70–71, 130, 177

Beaulieu, Edict of ​3

Beggars ​36, 105, 122n164

Behavior ​6, 7, 8, 9, 22, 40, 45, 50, 53, 58, 75, 107–16, 125, 131, 159

Belon, Pierre
L’histoire de la nature des oyseaux [The History of the Nature of Birds] ​49n180, 175

Benefices ​26, 88

Bergerac, Edict of ​3

Bergin, Joseph
Church, Society, and Religious Change ​88n63, 166

Bestiality ​113n138

Bèze, Théodore de ​26n79, 166
Satyres chrestiennes de la cuisine papale [The Christian Satires of the Papal Kitchen] ​45n171, 175

Bible
1 Corinthians 6 ​152n227
1 Corinthians 15:32 ​142n211
Exodus 16 ​140n204
James 2:14–26 ​141n209
Matthew 6:3–4 ​105
1 Peter 5:10 ​55n206
Romans 8:17–18 ​55n206
Song of Solomon 2:1–2 ​140n205

Bigwood, Joan M.
“‘Incestuous’ Marriage” ​80n38, 166

Billacois, François
The Duel ​27, 28n85, 166

Binary gender ​6, 37, 60

Bodin, Jean
Les Six livres de la République [The Six Books of the Republic] ​8, 29n90, 54n200, 54n201, 59, 91n69, 92n71, 141n210, 166

Boiardo, Matteo Maria
Orlando innamorato [Orlando in Love] ​84n52

Boulogne, Edict of ​3

Bourgeoisie ​17

Brassière ​72

Bread ​45, 46–47, 52, 127, 129, 131, 140

Brétigny, Jonathas Petit de
L’anti-hermaphrodite ​58, 164

Bribery ​29, 94–96

Brutus, Marcus Junius ​152

Burrus, Virginia
“Writing on Trees” ​140n203, 165

Bussy-Rabutin, Roger de
Histoire amoureuses des Gaules [An Amorous History of the Gauls] ​114n146, 166

C

Cadenas (box or tray for cutlery and napkins) ​49, 129–30

Cadmus ​144–45

Caeneus ​76

Calano, Prosper
Traicté excellent [Excellent Treatise] ​42n157, 175

Callistratus ​111

Calumny ​106

Calvinism ​26, 45n171

Camisole ​72, 76

Canopy (bed) ​76, 80, 103

Captain ​117

Carey, John A.
Judicial Reform in France ​29n93, 94n77, 95n78,n80, 166

Carpet ​35, 103

Carroll, Stuart
Martyrs and Murderers ​29n96, 166

Caryatid (columns) ​9–11, 15, 67, 173

Cassius Dio ​152n226

Catechism ​88

Catherine de’ Medici, Queen of France ​19

Catholic League ​9, 110n130

Cato, Marcus Portius (Cato the Elder) ​98n89

Cato, Marcus Portius Uticensis (Cato the Younger) ​98n89

Catullus, Gaius Valerius ​25, 87

Celestial, Celestial Man ​16, 55, 56, 66, 78, 81, 89, 140, 142, 143, 145, 148, 152–53, 155

Censor, Censorship ​34, 101, 111, 170

Centurions ​117

Cephalus ​111

Chalkokondylēs, Laonikos
Histoire de la décadence de l’Empire grec [History of the Decline of the Greek Empire] ​4n9, 163

Chaos ​1n2, 45, 53, 55, 66n3, 145

Charity ​35, 104, 105, 124, 142, 146

Charles IX, King of France ​17n44, 31, 32n103, 34, 101n104, 166

Chauffourt, Jacques de
Instruction sur le faict des eaues et forests [Instruction on Matters of the Waters and Forests] ​34n114, 166

Chevalier, Guillaume de
Discours des querelles et de l’honneur [Discourses on Quarrels and on Honor] ​28n86, 166

Children ​28, 35, 72n16, 91n70, 92, 95, 97, 101, 104, 115, 117, 118, 119, 124, 134, 148

Cineas ​124

Citadels ​123

Clarke, Desmond M.
French Philosophy ​143–44n214, 166

Cleopatra ​80

Cloaks ​75

Clothing ​4, 5, 8, 16–23, 34–35, 60, 71–77, 81, 102n105, 109, 132, 134, 137, 174

Codpieces ​137n199

Coin, coinage ​96, 106, 116n152

Comeaux, Malcolm L.
“What Games Can Say” ​114n141, 166

Comedians ​25, 87, 112, 113

Comedy ​12n37, 64, 71, 87, 111, 119, 160n239

Common gender (Latin) ​37, 77

Confession ​26

Confession of La Rochelle ​26

Consanguinity ​28, 92, 93

Conscience ​84, 112, 144

Conspiracy ​2n4, 39, 109, 114, 123

Copper ​106n125, 127

Corporeal, corporeality ​56, 83, 99, 122, 141, 142–44, 147, 150–52, 154–56

Corpus Christi ​46, 126

Corruption ​2, 26, 29, 36, 45, 91, 94–95, 107, 120, 125, 130n177, 143, 144, 145, 147–51, 154, 164, 176

Cosmetics ​70

Cotgrave, Randle
A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues ​69n10, 80n43, 92n75, 94–95n78, 96nn82–83, 100n95, 100n97, 112n137, 114nn139–40, 114nn144–45, 114n147, 127n171, 129nn175–76, 136n196, 140n206, 171

Crawford, Katherine
“Love, Sodomy, and Scandal,” “The Politics of Promiscuity,”
The Sexual Culture of the French Renaissance ​6n20, 166–67

Creation ​24, 26, 89, 144, 147, 155

Credenza ​50, 126, 130, 132

Creditor ​93, 99

Crime ​27, 30, 41, 69, 90, 91, 92, 95, 96, 106n123, 108, 149, 168

Crossdressing ​5

Cuckold ​91

Cupid ​24, 84, 86, 133

Curiosities ​23, 38

Currency ​106, 170

Cutwork (Point coupé) ​19–23, 72, 74

Cyrenaic school ​110

D

Damnation ​26, 89

Dan, Anca
“Mythic Geography, Barbarian Identities” ​73n19, 167

Danaë ​32–33, 91, 100

Dance ​25, 85n54, 87, 118, 142, 170

Daston, Lorraine
Wonders and the Order of Nature ​6n19, 167

Debt ​31, 96–97, 99, 102n106, 134, 151

Demetrius ​23, 82

Demons ​118

Description du politique de notre temps ​63n1

Devèze, Michel
La Vie de la Forêt française [The Life of the French Forest] ​31–34, 100n98, 167

DeVun, Leah
The Shape of Sex ​113n138, 167

Dietetics ​8, 41–53, 175–77

Digestion ​45, 52, 133n187

Dionysus ​101n104

Dis ​141

Disability ​21n58

Discipline ​35, 40, 119, 122

Dissection ​106n123

Divine will ​153, 156

Divorce ​34, 101

Domus Aurea ​129–30n177

Doublet ​20–21, 72–73, 123

Dressing ceremony ​5, 16, 19, 21, 71–74, 78

Du Chesne, Joseph ​8
Le Pourtraict de la Santé [The Picture of Health] ​44–45, 47, 52–53, 175–76

Duel des mignons ​27–28, 84n53, 169

Duels, dueling ​27–28, 84n53, 90, 121, 166, 169

Du Fresne, Charles, sieur Du Cange
Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis [A Glossary of Middle and Lowest Latin] ​103n108, 172

Duval, Jacques ​63n1

E

Eamon, William
“Cannibalism and Contagion” ​127n170, 167
Science and the Secrets of Nature ​106n123, 167

Earnshaw, Pat
A Dictionary of Lace ​19n52, 174
Lace in Fashion ​22n60, 174

Earth ​55, 71, 89, 103, 117, 118, 126, 141–45, 150, 154–55

Eaues et forests (eaux et forêts; Waters and Forests) ​33n108, 34n114, 166, 167

Education ​4, 42, 44, 104–5, 121

Effeminacy ​5, 22, 78, 138

Egypt, Egyptian ​35, 140

Embroidery ​19, 35, 72, 78, 102, 103

Empire ​4, 23, 83–88, 91, 92, 94, 98–99, 101, 117, 120–23, 147, 157–58, 163

Empiricus, Sextus ​172, 90n66

Epicurus ​111, 155

Eryx, Mount ​134

Estienne, Charles
De nutrimentis [On Food] ​41–42, 175

Eternity ​26, 55, 79n33, 89, 141, 143, 146, 151, 155

Etiquette ​25, 36–39, 107–16, 159

Eunuch ​83

Exhortation aux vrays et entiers Catholiques ​110n130, 167

F

Fabricius (Gaius Fabricius Luscinus) ​134

Faith ​24, 26, 66, 84–90, 107, 108, 141, 142, 146, 154n228, 165

Family Law ​28–30, 90–93, 95, 168

Fancy (fantasie) ​34–35, 39, 50, 102, 104, 104n117, 112, 119, 130, 132, 134

Fashion ​5, 16–23, 71–75, 77, 78, 91, 102, 104, 107, 111, 132

Fausett, David
“Baroque Allegories” ​6, 8n27, 164

Feathers ​112n136

Feeling ​138, 143, 157

Ferguson, Gary
Queer (Re)Readings in the French Renaissance ​7, 28n85, 71n14, 164

Ferrières, Madeleine
“Boire Frais” ​104n116, 167

Festival of Kings ​86

Finance ​17n44, 29, 32, 33, 40, 92, 95–97, 123

Fish ​45n170, 50–52, 104, 132

Flattery, flatterers ​109–10, 124, 140

Fleix, Treaty of ​3n5

Florus, Gessius ​123

Folding chairs ​49, 81, 130

Foreigners ​36, 82, 107

Forests ​31–34, 100–101, 166–67

Fork ​51, 53, 129, 131, 133, 135

Fortifications ​123

Fortune ​64, 95, 107, 116, 121, 122n166, 124, 134, 157, 158

Fourquevaux, baron de (Raymond)
Les Instructions sur le faict de la guerre [Instructions on Making War] ​40n145, 167

France, Parlement (Paris) ​91n68, 168

Fratricide ​27, 90

French Wars of Religion ​2, 3n6, 7, 40, 94n76, 156n231, 168, 169

Friendship ​82, 107, 108–9, 140

Frisch, Andrea
Forgetting Differences ​3n7, 94n76, 168

Fruit ​32, 45n170, 50, 52, 100n97, 104, 133

Furnishings (home) ​4, 15, 35, 59, 94, 97, 102–3, 112, 119, 131, 134

G

Gadroon (godron) ​22, 77n25

Gaille, Marie
“‘Ce n’est pas un crime d’être curieux de l’anatomie’” ​106n123, 168

Galen ​4, 8, 23, 41–53, 81–82n47
De alimentorum facultatibus [On the Properties of Foodstuffs] ​41n156, 175
De euchymia et cacochymia [On the Foods which Engender Good and Bad Humors] ​41n155, 175
De sanitate tuenda libri sex [On Hygiene] ​41n154, 175

Gallus, Cornelius ​87

Games ​39, 53, 114, 166, 168

Ganymede ​23, 82

García-Ballester, Luis

Galen and Galenism ​43n162, 175

Garrouste, D.
“L’usage des marteaux forestiers” [The Use of Forestry Hammers] ​33n108, 168

Gascon ​44

Gaster ​49n180, 177

Gélis, François de
Histoire critique des jeux floraux [A Critical History of the Floral Games] ​36n129, 168

Gender ​4n14, 5–7, 15, 16–23, 37–39, 60, 63n1, 77, 79, 102, 164, 165, 167, 171, 177–78

Genderqueer ​5, 60

Generosity ​56, 104, 106, 121, 153

Georgiadou, Aristoula
“The Wanderings of the Sacred Band” ​86n55, 168

Geryon ​140

Giacomotto-Charra, Violaine
“Le Régime de santé” [The Health Regimen] ​44n168, 175–76
“Prévenir et guérir” [To Prevent and Cure] ​44n169, 176

Gloves ​4, 17, 68, 69, 70, 74, 128, 136

Gnosticism ​26, 89n64

Gold ​9, 17, 33, 34, 35, 66, 74, 75, 76, 78, 82, 96n84, 102, 103, 106, 119, 131, 132n181, 133

Gomorrah ​83

Governors ​123–24

Grafton, Anthony
“Petronius and Neo-Latin Satire” ​75–76n21

Grand Chamberlain ​68n8, 171

Greece ​64n2, 73n19, 158

Greengrass, Mark
Governing Passions ​8n28, 168

Greimas, Algirdas Julien
Dictionnaire du moyen français [Dictionary of Middle French] ​69n10, 172

Grotesque ​16, 173

Gruyer (royal forester) ​32, 33n108

Guise, Henri de ​22, 29, 68n8, 166

H

Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus) ​76–77

Hair ​5, 69–71, 76, 85, 109, 137

Hall, Joseph
Mundus alter et idem [Another World and Yet the Same] ​7–8n27, 172

Hamilton, Tom
“Adjudicating the Troubles” ​94n76, 168

Handwashing ​53, 79, 130, 135–36

Hanley, Sarah
“Engendering the State” ​29n90, 92n71, 168

Hat ​25, 74, 85, 130

Haute futaie (old growth forest) ​31, 100nn94–95

Havard, Henry
Dictionnaire de l’ameublement [Dictionary of Household Wares] ​48n178, 49n179, 58n217, 81n44, 103n107, 128n173, 129n176, 173

Hayes, Bruce
Hostile Humor ​45n171, 172
“Rabelaisian Satire” ​9n32, 172

Heaven ​16, 54, 55, 78n30, 143, 145

Heliogabalus, Roman Emperor 3, 79, 82, 83, 103, 150

Hell ​16, 141, 142

Hennig, Jean-Luc
Espadons, mignons [Studs, Cuties] ​5n17, 79n33, 86n55, 177

Henri III (de Valois), King of France ​2, 4–5, 6–7, 17n44, 19, 22, 28n85, 29, 30, 33, 35n121, 49, 58, 68n8, 79n32, 85n54, 91n68, 110n130, 150n223, 163, 166, 169

Henri IV (de Bourbon), King of France ​1, 4, 6, 9, 19, 22, 30, 44, 49, 91n68, 168

Hera (Juno) ​79n33

Hercules ​84, 140n207, 152

Hermaphroditus ​5, 23, 82

Hermes ​5, 158

Heuer, Christopher
The City Rehearsed ​11n34, 11n36, 14n39, 16, 173

Highwaymen ​120

Hippocrates, Hippocratic ​42

Historia Augusta [Augustan History] ​79n34, 103n112, 169

Hoarding ​31, 99n93

Hollstein, F. W. H.
Hollstein’s Dutch & Flemish Etchings ​11n35, 173

Holt, Mack
The French Wars of Religion ​2n4, 3n6, 169

Homicide ​27, 90

Honor ​28, 30, 36, 64, 84, 87, 89, 91, 92, 93, 95, 98, 102, 106, 108, 109, 112, 116, 117, 119, 121, 122, 123,124, 134, 146, 152, 166, 169

Hospitals ​36, 105

Hucker, Charles O.
“Governmental Organization of the Ming Dynasty” ​78n30, 169

Humors ​41, 42, 149, 175

Husband ​29, 34, 91, 92, 93, 101, 123

Hygiene ​41–45, 51, 53, 175

I

Ice ​46, 50–51, 104, 127, 132

Immigrants ​36

Immortality ​56, 141, 144, 147–48, 151, 154

Infantry ​117

Intellect, intelligence ​55, 115, 139, 143–44, 147

Intersex ​5, 60

Invention ​52, 71, 81, 86, 94, 98, 102, 104, 109, 110, 111, 112, 118, 131, 133, 142, 160

Italian ​5, 19, 37, 42, 77, 80n41

Ixion ​79

J

Jeanneret, Michel
Des Mets et des mots [A Feast of Words] ​45n170, 176

Jeux floraux, Académie de [The Academy of Floral Games] ​36, 105n120, 168

Jewelery, Jewels ​17, 35n121, 73

John the Evangelist ​152

Jones, Ann Rosalind
“Fetishizing Gender” ​4n14, 7, 164

Joubert, Laurent
Erreurs populaires [Popular Errors] ​43, 176

Judaism, Judaic ​49, 132, 152

Judea ​123

Judicial reform ​29n93, 94nn77–78, 95n80, 166

Jupiter (Zeus) ​91n70

Justice ​24, 27–30, 56, 90–98, 140, 152, 153, 156, 168

Justification (by faith) ​26, 89

K

Knecht, Robert J.
The French Religious Wars ​2–3nn4–6, 169

L

Lace, Lacework ​17, 19, 20–23, 35, 59, 72, 73, 74, 75, 174

Lacedemonians ​120

La Framboisière, Nicolas Abraham de
Le Gouvernement necessaire a chacun [The Governance Necessary to Each Man] ​43, 44n165, 176

LaGuardia, David
Intertextual Masculinity ​38n141, 91n69, 169, 177

Language ​16, 36–39, 50, 59–60, 63, 77, 78, 79, 82, 108, 109, 129

La Rochelle ​2, 26

La Taille, Jean de
Discours notables des duels [Notable Discourses on Duels] ​28n86, 169

Latin ​37–38, 77n26, 78, 79, 80, 82

Lea, Henry Charles
A History of the Inquisition in Spain ​118n158, 169

Legal system (see Justice)

Le Gall, Jean-Marie
Un Idéal masculin [A Masculine Ideal] ​71n14, 177

Legitimacy ​93

Legionnaires ​117

Leontine ​110

Le Roux, Nicolas
La faveur du Roi [The Favor of the King] ​28n85, 169
Les Guerres de Religion [The Wars of Religion] ​2n4, 169

L’Estoile, Pierre de
Mémoires-Journaux [Memoirs-Journals] ​2n3, 169

Levey, Santina M.
Lace: A History ​19n50, 174

Libel ​98

Liber ​80

Libertine, libertinage ​27n81, 55, 57, 170

Linacre, Thomas ​41n154, 175

Linden, Stanton J.
The Alchemy Reader ​132n182, 170

Linen ​18, 19, 47, 67, 68, 72, 73, 74, 127, 174

Livy (Titus Livius)
Ab urbe condita [The Founding of the City (Rome)] ​80n37, 170

Logging ​24, 31–34, 99–101

Long, Kathleen P.
“Cities of the Dead” ​11n35, 173
“Dining with the Hermaphrodites” ​45n173, 176
Hermaphrodites in Renaissance Europe ​5n17, 6n20, 79n32, 150n223, 165
“Rereading Space” ​15n40, 173
“Shaping Bodies” ​21n58, 174
“The Case of Marin le Marcis” ​63n1, 178

Longjumeau, Peace of ​3n5

Louvre ​9

Lucian of Samosata
Les oeuvres [Works] ​8, 9n30, 172

Lucullus, Lucius Licinius ​133, 170

Lycanthropy ​142

Lycurgus ​92, 99

M

Macedonian ​120

Marcis, Marin le ​63n1, 178

Marot, Clément
Epistles ​97n86, 172

Marriage ​28–29, 80, 92n72, 93, 166

Martelage (marking of trees by a hammer) ​33n108, 100n95

Masculinity ​6n23, 22, 45n172, 91n69, 165, 167, 177

Mathematics ​81

Mathieu-Castellani, Gisèle
“L’autre monde” [The Other World] ​7n26, 165

Matricide ​27, 90

McGowan, Margaret M.
Dance in the Renaissance ​85n54, 170

Meat ​49–50, 52, 69, 131–32, 135

Medusa ​91n70

Memory ​50, 55, 115, 139, 143, 168, 169

Menippean satire ​8–9, 59, 172, 173

Merchants ​17, 23, 33, 100

Mercuriale ​94

Mercury (element) ​70, 106

Mercury (god) ​158

Mignons ​5, 27–28, 71nn14–15, 79n33, 84n53, 86n55, 90–91n67, 137n200, 169, 177

Military laws ​24, 40–41, 117–25

Military ranks ​117

Miquel, Pierre
Les Guerres de Religion [The Wars of Religion] ​3n5, 170

Moncorgé, Marie-Joseph
Lyon ​1555 133n184, 176

Money ​1n2, 30, 34, 36, 94, 95, 97, 99, 101n102, 106n125, 118, 123, 131, 134, 170

Monster ​5, 6n19, 16, 79, 113, 118n159, 150, 170

Montaigne, Michel de
Essais [Essays] ​8, 16, 27n81, 57, 59, 90n66, 172

Montupet, Janine
Lace ​19n51, 174

Moon ​103n110, 106

Mornay, Philippe de
Athéomachie [The War against Atheists] ​55n202, 170

Moule, Arthur C.
Quinsai ​78n30, 170

Moulins, Ordinance of ​34

Music ​45, 53, 120, 129, 136

N

Nantes, Edict of ​2, 3

Nef de table (centerpiece for a table in the form of a ship) ​48, 58, 128, 129

Nero, Roman Emperor ​23, 80, 81, 130

Neuter ​5, 37, 77nn26–29, 79

Nicene Creed ​146n220

Nicoud, Marilyn
Les régimes de santé au Moyen Âge [Regimens of Health in the Middle Ages] ​42n158, 176

Nigredo ​66n3, 144n215

Normative, Normativity ​6, 7, 21

Nostradamus, Michel
Traité des confitures [Treatise on Preserves] ​133n184, 176

O

Obedience ​56, 64, 102, 110, 121, 124, 147

Officers ​30, 33, 34, 36, 83, 90, 94–100, 105–7, 119

Ornamentation ​9, 16, 77, 128n173

Otho, Marcus Salvius (Roman Emperor) ​23, 81

Oubliance, policy of ​3, 94n76

Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) ​25, 87
Metamorphoses ​5n16, 76n23, 80n39, 91n70, 103, 172

P

Pactolus river ​96

Pagels, Elaine
The Gnostic Gospels ​89n64, 170

Palisades ​160n240

Palumu, Annarita
“Relire L’Isle des Hermaphrodites (1605)” [Rereading The Island of Hermaphrodites (1605)] ​10n33, 67n7, 165

Pamphlets, political ​5, 22, 30, 63, 98, 110

Pan ​129

Pantaloon ​73

Paphos, Island of ​134

Paradise ​26, 89, 141, 142, 149

Paré, Ambroise ​37, 63n1
Des Monstres et Prodiges (On Monsters and Marvels) ​5, 36n131, 113, 118n159, 170
Les Oeuvres ​36n131, 69n11, 170

Park, Katharine
Wonders and the Order of Nature ​6n19, 167

Parlement (Parliament) ​91n68, 168

Parsons, Jotham
Making Money ​1n2, 170

Pasquinades, Pasquino ​82

Pastry ​50, 104, 132, 133

Patera, Teodoro
“Un homme à demy” [Half a Man] ​7, 77n27, 165

Pathology ​41

Patriarch, patriarchy ​29

Patricide ​27, 90

Paul the Apostle ​152n227

Pearls ​34, 35, 74, 78, 102, 104

Peers, Glenn
“Writing on Trees” ​140n203, 165

Peristyle ​10, 67

Perseus ​91n70

Petronius (Gaius Petronius Arbiter)
Satyricon ​75–76n21, 168

Philosophy, philosophers ​4, 8, 57, 64, 69, 90n66, 110, 143–44n214, 166, 171–73

Philostrates of Lemnos ​4, 163

Physiology ​41–42

Pickpockets ​36, 105n122

Pillage (ransacking) ​118

Pincers (as instruments of torture) ​69, 137

Pintard, René
Le libertinage érudit [Erudite Libertinage] ​27n81, 170

Pius, Antoninus ​24, 83

Plane tree ​140

Platina (Bartolomei Sacchi)
De honeste voluptate et valetudine [On Right Pleasure and Good Health] ​43, 176–77

Plato ​107, 140n203, 178

Pleasure ​2n3, 15, 23, 24, 25, 26, 36, 38, 39, 43, 54, 55, 56, 63, 64, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 99, 101, 103, 104, 105, 109, 110, 113, 114, 115, 121, 123, 126, 130, 133, 134, 138, 140, 141, 142, 148–50, 152, 160, 177

Plume ​74, 122

Plutarch
Life of Lucullus ​80n38, 133n185, 170

Poetry ​8, 23, 25, 54, 71n14, 82, 87nn58–60, 92n74, 105

Poirier, Guy
L’homosexualité dans l’imaginaire de la Renaissance [Homosexuality in the Renaissance Imaginary] ​5n17, 6n20, 178

Poison ​48, 116, 128n173

Political philosophy ​4, 8, 141–53

Politiques ​27, 63n1

Pottinger, David T.
“Censorship” ​34n117, 170

Poverty ​86, 115, 156

Powell, Owen ​41n156, 175

Praetors ​117

Precious stones ​17, 34, 74, 78, 96, 102

Preserves (confitures) ​52, 104, 133, 176

Priories ​26, 88

Prodigality ​84, 103, 106

Profane ​66n4, 87, 111, 139, 144, 170

Propertius, Sextus ​25, 87

Prophecy ​107

Providence ​26, 89, 146

Prudent Man ​55, 56, 143, 152, 153, 158

Public policy ​98–107

Pucheu, Philippe
“L’usage des marteaux forestiers” [The Use of Forestry Hammers] ​33n108, 168

Punic faith ​139

Purgatory ​142

Pygmies ​73, 167

Pyrrhonian skepticism, Pyrrhonism ​90n66, 172

Pythagoras (Nero’s favorite) ​80

Q

Quetel, Claude
History of Syphilis ​127n170, 170

Quinsay (Beijing) ​78, 170

R

Rabelais, François ​39, 44, 109, 172, 173, 177
Gargantua ​45n170, 172
Pantagruel ​172
Quart livre ​97n86, 105n121

Raemond, Florimond de
L’Anti-Christ [The Anti-Christ] ​55n202, 170

Rank (social class) ​17, 34, 40, 86, 87, 88n63, 105, 111, 116, 118, 155

Rapin, Nicolas
Satyre Ménippée [Menippean Satire] ​9n31, 172

Redemption ​26, 89

Reeser, Todd W.
Moderating Masculinity ​6n23, 45, 165

Régime de santé (health regimen, hygiene) ​41–53, 175, 176

Regulus, Marcus Atilius ​139

Religion ​2–3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 23, 24–27, 34, 40, 41, 57, 63n1, 83, 84–90, 94n76, 112, 119, 120, 122, 142, 151, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171

Religious toleration/tolerance ​5, 27, 63n1

Repentance ​84, 144, 149

Revenue ​26, 88, 96, 98, 105

Rigolot, François
Les langages de Rabelais [The Languages of Rabelais] ​109n129, 173
“Quel ‘genre’ d’amour” [What “Gender” of Love] ​37n139, 173

Rimes croisées ​54

Rio de la Plata ​96

Rodomonte ​84

Roman army ​40

Roman Senate ​111, 124

Roman ​23, 24, 40, 76n24, 78, 79, 81n46, 82n47, 87n61, 98n89, 99, 111, 117n154, 123n167, 124, 130n177, 134n188, 150n223, 152n226, 158, 159, 171

Rome ​80n37, 170

Ronzeaud, Pierre
L’Utopie hermaphrodite [The Hermaphroditic Utopia] ​5n15, 178

Rothstein, Marian
The Androgyne in Early Modern France ​6n20, 178

Royal Chamber ​96

Royal foot (pied royal) ​33–34, 100, 106

Rublack, Ulinka
“Befeathering the European” ​112n136, 171

Ruff ​17, 19, 20, 22, 77–78, 130, 137

Rug ​35, 103, 136

Ruppert, Jacques
Le Costume [Clothing] ​22n59, 174

S

Sacred ​66n3, 99, 111, 128n173

Saint-Germain, Edict of ​3

Salad ​50, 51, 132–33

Salambona ​103

Salmacis ​5

Sardanapalus, King of Assyria ​23, 80, 82

Sardonic laugh ​149

Saturn (planet) ​106

Satyre Ménippée ​9, 172

Satyr ​81

Schoeller, Ghislaine
Lace ​19n51, 174

Scriptures ​26, 88

Secrets of nature ​106, 167

Sedition ​117, 158

Self-care ​142

Semiamira (mother of Heliogabalus) ​83

Senses ​83, 85, 89, 139, 141, 144, 145, 147, 148, 150, 152, 154–56

Serlio, Sebastiano ​12n37

Servant ​8, 38n141, 40, 41, 50, 53, 73, 79, 97, 129, 132, 134, 136, 137

Seven Deadly Sins ​44

Severus, Septimius ​24, 83

Sexuality ​6n20, 39, 71n14, 132n181, 152n227, 165, 166

Shingles (roofing) ​34, 100, 101n102

Shirt ​20–21, 72–73

Shoes ​17, 71, 118

Shuntian (Beijing) ​78

Silenus ​101

Silver ​17, 34–35, 46, 49, 73, 74, 75, 76, 96n85, 102, 103, 106n125, 119, 126, 128, 130, 135

Simony ​88

Singularité (singularity) ​66n5, 126

Skepticism ​90n66

Slander ​4, 36, 98, 106, 110, 116, 163

Snow ​46, 50, 104, 127, 132

Soldiers ​117–24, 131, 171

Solon ​92

Soul ​16, 55, 56–57, 86, 88, 115, 139, 140, 141, 143–44, 147–51, 154–56, 171

Sovereign, sovereignty ​1n2, 8, 15, 54–58, 90, 102, 106, 109, 113, 124–25, 128n173, 141–55

Spangler, Jonathan
“Holders of the Keys” ​68n8, 171

Sphinx ​6n20, 139, 164

Spice (bribery) ​29n93, 94–96, 99n92

Spies, spying ​29, 91, 97

Sporus ​23

Stallybrass, Peter
“Fetishizing Gender” ​4n14, 7, 164

Stone, Donald
“The Sexual Outlaw” ​6n20, 165

Stegmann, André
Édits des Guerres de Religion [Edicts of the Wars of Religion] ​167

Sumptuary Edicts, Laws ​17, 24, 34–35, 102n105, 174

Sun ​55, 68, 74, 76, 106, 125, 126, 138, 141, 145, 155n230

Surgeons ​99

Swords ​17, 75, 117, 137

Sybarite ​64

Synderesis ​144n216

Syphilis ​127n170, 167, 170

Szabari, Antónia
Less Rightly Said ​45n171, 177

T

Tablecloth ​46, 47–48, 126, 127, 129, 136

Tableware ​4, 8, 41, 46, 48, 49n180, 59, 126–30

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius ​80n36

Tapestries ​15, 68, 76, 78, 80, 102, 129, 130, 137

Temkin, Owsei
Galenism ​41n153, 177

Tenailles (see Pincers)

Theatre ​12, 14, 174

Thebes, Sacred Band of ​25, 86, 168

Theophrastus ​110

Thieves ​36, 105n122

Thomas, Artus ​2n3, 4, 163–64

Thrason ​160

Tiberius, Julius Caesar Augustus ​129, 130n177

Tibullus, Albius ​25, 87

Tobias ​152

Tomasik, Timothy J.
“Fishes, Fowl” ​49n180, 104n113, 177
“To Cook, Perchance to Dream” ​49n180, 177

Torture ​7, 19, 20, 40, 69n10, 72, 118, 139n202

Trades ​36, 107

Tragedy ​12n37,13

Trajan ​24, 76n24, 83

Tranquility ​64, 90, 112, 116, 143, 153, 154

Transgender ​5, 60

Treason ​29, 106, 108

Tribunes (military) ​117

Tricksters ​106

Trinity ​146

Turchetti, Mario ​8n29, 166

Tyard, Pontus de
Oeuvres completes [Complete Works] ​66n4, 173

Tyrant, Tyranny ​67n6, 139, 152, 153

U

University of Paris ​34

Uppenkamp, Barbara
“The Influence of Hans Vredeman de Vries” ​12, 173

V

Vagabonds ​105

Varius (see Heliogabalus)

Varner, Eric R.
“Transcending Gender” ​79n32, 171

Vaudémont, Louise de, Queen of France ​19n51

Venus ​24, 84, 86, 99, 103, 106, 111, 134n189, 158, 159

Vertumnus ​99

Vice ​54, 139, 142, 154, 163

Vigenère, Blaise de ​4n9, 163

Vinciolo, Federico de
Les singuliers et nouveaux pourtraicts [The Singular and New Patterns] ​19, 174

Vindiciae contra tyrannos ​67n6, 171

Violence ​3–4, 7, 10, 11, 14, 27–28, 30, 40–41, 54, 57, 58, 65, 67n6, 69, 87, 93, 119, 159n238, 168

Virtue ​99, 103, 104, 109, 110, 112, 125, 138, 140, 142, 145, 146, 153, 154, 157, 158, 163

Vitellius, Aulus (Roman Emperor) ​23, 129, 130n177

Vout, Caroline
“Antinous, Archeology, History” ​76–77n24, 171

Vredeman de Vries, Hans ​11–16, 173
Caryatidum [Caryatids} ​11n35, 173
Scenographiae [Scenography] ​12–14, 173
Theatrum vitae humanae [The Theater of Human Life] ​14–15, 174
Variae architecturae formae [Various Architectural Forms] ​11n35, 174

W

Waistcoat (see Doublet)

War (see also Wars of Religion) ​2–3, 90, 117–25, 167

Wardrobe (space) ​23, 78, 137–38

Wars of Religion ​2–3, 5, 7, 11, 23, 27, 34, 40, 57, 63n1, 94n76, 122n165, 156n231, 167–71

Weights and measures ​30, 98

Weinbrot, Howard D.
Menippean Satire Reconsidered ​9, 173

Wheat ​31, 47, 99

Wigs ​70n12, 137

Will (theological principle) ​26, 55, 143–44, 145, 146, 149, 153, 156, 159

Wind, Edgar
Pagan Mysteries ​122n166, 171

Windfalls (trees) ​32, 100

Wine ​31, 45, 50–51, 80n42, 96, 99, 132, 136

Winter Von Andernach, Johann (Johann Guenther) ​41n155, 175

Wood, dead wood ​32–33, 46, 79, 100–101, 103, 126

Wood, James B.
The King’s Army ​40n145, 117n155, 122n165, 171

Worldly Man ​55, 143, 152

Z

Zeus ​33, 91n70

Zinguer, Ilana
Misères et grandeur de la femme [The Miseries and Greatness of Women] ​4, 164

Zorach, Rebecca
Blood, Milk, Ink, Gold ​6n23, 174

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