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Blanche Monnier, the Glossary

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Blanche Monnier (1 March 1849 – 13 October 1913), often known in France as la Séquestrée de Poitiers (roughly, "The Confined Woman of Poitiers"), was a woman from Poitiers, France, who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother and brother for 25 years.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Acquittal, André Gide, Anorexia nervosa, Appeal, Blois, Bourgeoisie, Coprophilia, Duty to rescue, Emaciation, Exhibitionism, Feces, French Second Republic, French Third Republic, Genie (feral child), Imprisonment, List of kidnappings, List of long-term false imprisonment cases, List of solved missing person cases: pre-1950, Loir-et-Cher, Oyster, Poitiers, Procureur général, Psychiatric hospital, Rhyme, Schizophrenia, Socialite, Spinster, The New York Times, Vienne (department).

  2. 1900s missing person cases
  3. 1903 crimes in France
  4. French people with disabilities
  5. French victims of crime
  6. Kidnapped French people
  7. Missing person cases in France
  8. Violence against women in France

Acquittal

In common law jurisdictions, an acquittal means that the prosecution has failed to prove that the accused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the charge presented.

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André Gide

André Paul Guillaume Gide (22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author whose writings spanned a wide variety of styles and topics.

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Anorexia nervosa

Anorexia nervosa (AN), often referred to simply as anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by food restriction, body image disturbance, fear of gaining weight, and an overpowering desire to be thin.

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Appeal

In law, an appeal is the process in which cases are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision.

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Blois

Blois is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours.

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Bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between peasantry and aristocracy.

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Coprophilia

Coprophilia (from Greek κόπρος, kópros 'excrement' and φιλία, philía 'liking, fondness'), also called scatophilia or scat (Greek: σκατά, skatá 'feces'), is the paraphilia involving sexual arousal and pleasure from feces.

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Duty to rescue

A duty to rescue is a concept in tort law and criminal law that arises in a number of cases, describing a circumstance in which a party can be held liable for failing to come to the rescue of another party who could face potential injury or death without being rescued.

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Emaciation

Emaciation is defined as the state of extreme thinness from absence of body fat and muscle wasting usually resulting from malnutrition.

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Exhibitionism

Exhibitionism is the act of exposing in a public or semi-public context one's intimate parts – for example, the breasts, genitals or buttocks.

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Feces

Feces (or faeces;: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.

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French Second Republic

The French Second Republic, officially the French Republic, was the second republican government of France.

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French Third Republic

The French Third Republic (Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government.

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Genie (feral child)

Genie (born 1957) is the pseudonym of an American feral child who was a victim of severe abuse, neglect, and social isolation.

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Imprisonment

Imprisonment or incarceration is the restraint of a person's liberty against their will.

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List of kidnappings

The following is a list of kidnappings summarizing the events of each case, including instances of celebrity abductions, claimed hoaxes, suspected kidnappings, extradition abductions, and mass kidnappings.

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List of long-term false imprisonment cases

This is a list of notable long-term false imprisonment cases.

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List of solved missing person cases: pre-1950

This is a list of solved missing person cases of people who went missing in unknown locations or unknown circumstances that were eventually explained by their reappearance or the recovery of their bodies, the conviction of the perpetrator(s) responsible for their disappearances, or a confession to their killings.

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Loir-et-Cher

Loir-et-Cher is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

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Oyster

Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats.

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Poitiers

Poitiers (Poitevin: Poetàe) is a city on the River Clain in west-central France.

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Procureur général

In France, a procureur général is a prosecutor at a court of appeal (cour d'appel), at the Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation) or the Court of Audit (Cour des comptes).

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Psychiatric hospital

Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, or behavioral health hospitals are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, major depressive disorder, and others.

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Rhyme

A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds (usually the exact same phonemes) in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words.

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Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by reoccurring episodes of psychosis that are correlated with a general misperception of reality.

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A socialite is a person usually from a wealthy or aristocratic background who is prominent in high society.

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Spinster

Spinster is a term referring to an unmarried woman who is older than what is perceived as the prime age range during which women usually marry.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Vienne (department)

Vienne (Poitevin-Saintongeais: Viéne) is a landlocked department in the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

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See also

1900s missing person cases

1903 crimes in France

  • Blanche Monnier

French people with disabilities

French victims of crime

Kidnapped French people

Missing person cases in France

Violence against women in France

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Monnier

Also known as La Séquestrée de Poitiers, Malempia.