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Madame de Murat: Author of Fairy Tales, Lover of Women The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 195 with Heather Rose Jones

In this episode we talk about:

• The social background of the French salons and court in late 17th century France
• Madame de Murat as author and gadfly
• De Murat’s personal and romantic entanglements
• The legal persecution of Madame de Murat by King Louis XIV
• The most useful sources for this episode were the following. Unless noted, link is to the LHMP blog post about the publication.
  • Chevalier, Jim. 2010. The Old Regime Police Blotter II: Sodomites, Tribads, and “Crimes Against Nature”. Self-published. Accessed at: http://www.chezjim.com/sundries/s52.html on 2021/01/30. (link is to the author’s blog)
  • Merrick, Jeffrey & Bryant T. Ragan, Jr. 2001. Homosexuality in Early Modern France: A Documentary Collection. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-510257-6
  • Ness, Mari. 2018. “Imprisonment and the Fairy Tales of Henriette Julie de Murat,” Tor.com, accessed 2021/01/30. (link is to the original article)
  • Robinson, David Michael. 2001. “The Abominable Madame de Murat’” in Merrick, Jeffrey & Michael Sibalis, eds. Homosexuailty in French History and Culture. Harrington Park Press, New York. ISBN 1-56023-263-3
  • Wahl, Elizabeth Susan. 1999. Invisible Relations: Representations of Female Intimacy in the Age of Enlightenment. Stanford University Press, Stanford. ISBN 0-8047-3650-2
  • Wikipedia (English) – Henriette-Julie de Murat (link is to the Wikipedia entry)
  • Wikipedia (French) – Henriette-Julie de Castelnau de Murat (link is to the Wikipedia entry)
• This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Madame de Murat & Madame de Nantiat

A transcript of this podcast is available here.

Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
• Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
• RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
• Twitter: @LesbianMotif
• Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
• The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

Links to Heather Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com
• Email: Heather Rose Jones
• Twitter: @heatherosejones
• Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)