The History of Sex (But Not As We Know It)
The History of Sex (But Not As We Know It) A Journey from Pompeii's Oldest Brothel to Cold War Sexpionage, Angry Male Lesbians and Beyond -- by JR Daeschner The History of Sex: Geneva -- Torture in the Protestant Rome -- (Chap. V, Pt. 7) However, several other cases ended in death, including that of another Frenchwoman named Anne and her manservant. Anne Le Moine must have been middle-aged when she took up with Antoine Cossonex, who was a particularly nasty piece of work: not only was he arrested for adultery, but also incest, for he'd allegedly molested her daughter at the same time. With the teenager testifying against Antoine, and the alleged lovers stonewalling the court, the authorities resorted to torture to extract a confession, sanctioning the estrapade. L'estrapade (aka strappado) is more commonly associated with the Inquisitions of Rome than with the "Protestant Rome" After tying his hands and feet behind his back, Antoine's interrogators would have ...