A House In Gross Disorder: Sex, Law, And The 2nd Earl Of Castlehaven by Cynthia B. Herrup

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 and of the sexual and social anxieties it cast into such bold relief. Castlehaven was convicted of abetting the rape of his wife and of committing sodomy with his servants. More than that, he stood accused of inverting the natural order of his household by reveling in rather than restraining the intemperate passions of those he was expected to rule and protect.

Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Year:	1999
Binding:	Hardback
ISBN:	9780195125184
Condition:	Very Good
Description:	DJ.

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SKU: 1599745
Location: History