Upon reading the account of the deer park of Louis XV, I am curious to hear a historian's dry and informative reply to such a juicy and salacious idea in Europe of the same time period as the Ottomans and possibly who and why it came to be so widely spread. A Night in the Seraglio, anyone?

I apologize for myself, of course. Also, please follow the rules everyone, but dig as deep and wide as you would like. I enjoy context, as tangential as it may be. Thank you mods for running such a tight and interesting ship here.