Token - Héros populaire “Lustucru” Auvergne

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Two blacksmiths straighten a woman's head; exergue: 1660.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
• VNICVS • EST • SPECIE •
1660

Comment

Given in Saint-Flour in Feuardent, but also in Bourges or Meaux. In fact, "Lustucru" or "Eusse-tu-cru" token. This token takes its illustration from an almanac made following the "Langey affair" reported in Tallement des Réaux's Historiettes. M. de Langey, a childless Protestant nobleman, was condemned to Congress in 1659 to establish his sexual impotence. If his sexual impotence was established, his wife was authorized to file for divorce. The affair caused quite a stir, and an anonymous author created a lost satirical almanac showing a blacksmith described as a "cephalic doctor" or "l'Eusse-tu-cru" straightening a woman's head with his hammer, meaning that it was not believed that a woman's head could be straightened! In 1662, a jacquerie in the Boulonnais region was dubbed "Lustucru's war" to underline the vain nature of the riot. Last but not least, the "chanson de la mère Michelle" (song of Mother Michelle), her cat and Father Lustucru, is another reminder of this story.
This token probably refers to a fool's party.