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The hell-fire clubs : a history of anti-morality /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ashe, Geoffrey
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stroud : Sutton, 2000.
Edition:Rev. ed.
Subjects:
Libertinism > Europe > History.
Individualism > Europe > History.
Libertinism > Europe > Societies, etc. > History.
Libertinism > Societies, etc. > Influence.
Hell Fire Club (Medmenham, England)
Europe > Moral conditions > History > 18th century.
Europe > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Libertinage > Europe > Histoire.
Libertinage > Europe > Associations > Histoire.
Libertinage > Associations > Influence.
Individualism.
Libertinism.
Europe.
Occultisme.
Hell Fire Club.
Ethiek.
Zonde.
Engeland.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: 'Hell is the place for me'
  • Part one: Speculation
  • The abbey of all delights
  • Occult wife-swapping
  • Part two: Realisation
  • Whigs and rakes
  • A dukedom in hell
  • Whatever is, is right
  • Bubb and Fred
  • Castle-building
  • Medmenham
  • The favourite and the maverick
  • The hell-fire ministry
  • Aftermath
  • Part three: Nightmare
  • The gothic plunge
  • The divine Marquis
  • End or beginning?