This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Persecuting Poets and Licentious Verses Proclaimed
A 17th century royal decree denounces a class of poets as miscreants addicted to adulation and licentious verse. It orders abolition and punishment, listing penalties for poets and their patrons, including social ostracism, confinement, and the destruction or concealment of their works. The edict targets bawdy rhymers and erotic songs, forbids female lovers, and imposes a ceremonial reformation with severe moral restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
David
Apollo
Hesiour
Joose
Dogger
Pblacaee
Charaisiig
Trent
Cloris