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Sodomites, Pederasts, and Tribades in Eighteenth-Century France Alex Law Utilizing period maps and geographicalIn this book, Jeffery Merrick brings together a rich array of primary source documentsmany of which are published or translated here for the first timethat depict in detail the policing of same sex populations in eighteenth century France and the ways in which Parisians regarded what they called sodomy or pederasty and tribadism. Taken together, these documents suggest that male and female same sex relations played a more visible public role in