Focusing on cases of extramarital sex, Johanna Rickman investigates fornication, adultery and bastard bearing among the English nobility from about 1560 to 1630. She analyzes cases of illicit sex from a gendered perspective, illuminating the place of women in aristocratic culture, both as individual historical subjects and as a social group. Her sources include collections of family papers, state papers, literary texts, and legal documents.
Focusing on cases of extramarital sex, Johanna Rickman investigates fornication, adultery and bastard bearing among the English nobility from about 1560 to 1630. She analyzes cases of illicit sex from a gendered perspective, illuminating the place of women in aristocratic culture, both as individual historical subjects and as a social group. Her sources include collections of family papers, state papers, literary texts, and legal documents.
Johanna Rickman in an Assistant Professor of History at Gainesville State College, USA.
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Contents: Introduction Illicit sex at the court of the Virgin Queen Illicit sex at the court of James I Conscience and contention: Penelope Rich and Charles Blount Love and letters: Mary Wroth and William Herbert Preserving honor: Frances Villiers and Robert Howard Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index.
Contents: Introduction Illicit sex at the court of the Virgin Queen Illicit sex at the court of James I Conscience and contention: Penelope Rich and Charles Blount Love and letters: Mary Wroth and William Herbert Preserving honor: Frances Villiers and Robert Howard Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index.
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