[PDF.87ms] A House in Gross Disorder: Sex, Law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven

A House in Gross Disorder: Sex, Law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven

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 | #1941667 in Books |  1999-09-23 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.30 x1.00 x5.50l, | File type: PDF | 240 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Compelling historical study, but...|By K. REEVES|I second the points S. N. Kras made in his review. I found the book thought-provoking and a surprisingly quick read for an academic work. While the 2d Earl of Castlehaven remains a bit of an enigma, he and all the characters in this episode in English history really do come to life in this book. I found myself wanting to get h|From Library Journal|Charged with rape and sodomy, the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven was convicted and beheaded in London in 1630. But as Herrup argues in this very scholarly study, the court was concerned with sodomy more as the source of "disorder" than as an immora

Sex, privilege, corruption, and revenge--these are elements that we expect to find splashed across today's tabloid headlines. But in 17th century England, a sex scandal in which the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven was executed for crimes so horrible that "a Christian man ought scarce to name them" threatened the very foundations of aristocratic hierarchy.
In A House in Gross Disorder, Cynthia Herrup presents a strikingly new interpretation both of the case itself an...

You easily download any file type for your device.A House in Gross Disorder: Sex, Law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven   |  Cynthia B. Herrup. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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