An edition of A house in gross disorder (1999)

A house in gross disorder

sex, law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven

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An edition of A house in gross disorder (1999)

A house in gross disorder

sex, law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven

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"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."--BOOK JACKET.

"In A House in Gross Disorder, Cynthia B. Herrup presents a 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.

Herrup argues that because an orderly house was considered both an example and endorsement of aristocratic governance, the riotousness presided over by Castle-haven was the most damning evidence against him. Castlehaven himself argued that he was the victim of an impatient son, an unhappy wife, and courtiers greedy for his lands.

Eschewing simple conclusions about guilt or innocence, Herrup focuses instead on the fascinating legal, social, and political dynamics of the case and its subsequent retellings."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
216

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Cover of: A House in Gross Disorder
A House in Gross Disorder: Sex, Law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven
January 29, 2001, Oxford University Press, USA
in English
Cover of: A house in gross disorder
A house in gross disorder: sex, law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven
1999, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: House in Gross Disorder
House in Gross Disorder: Sex, Law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven
1999, Ebsco Publishing
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-211) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
345.42/02532
Library of Congress
KD372.C37 H47 1999, KD372.C37H47 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 216 p. :
Number of pages
216

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL382958M
Internet Archive
housegrossdisord00herr
ISBN 10
0195125185
LCCN
98045382
OCLC/WorldCat
40043593
Library Thing
401703
Goodreads
2066098

First Sentence

"Nothing remains of the mansion at Fonthill Gifford in which the Castlehaven household lived; even the church in which they worshiped is now gone."

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