Love, Lust, and License in Early Modern England

Love, Lust, and License in Early Modern England

Author: Johanna Rickman

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780754661351

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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.