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Love, lust, and license in early modern England : illicit sex and the nobility /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rickman, Johanna
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2008]
Series:Women and gender in the early modern world.
Subjects:
Adultery > England > History > 16th century.
Adultery > England > History > 17th century.
Nobility > Sexual behavior > England > History > 15th century.
Nobility > Sexual behavior > England > History > 16th century.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.