Louis XV surveilled his nobility through police reports even on their sexual conduct

Evidence

Every seminal emission became the subject of a police report. Louis XV watched his nobility intently for challenges to his authority; only while they were copulating were they not conspiring. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 107

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to earlier notes on how surveillance and control blanketed elite life — a concrete, startling instance of state intrusion into private bodies. — connects to: Absolute monarchies surveilled the private lives of nobility for political threats. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 107
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 107