House in Gross Disorder Sex, Law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven

Name: House in Gross Disorder Sex, Law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven
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ISBN: 9780195139259

ISBN-10: 0195139259

ISBN-13: 9780195139259

Edition: 2001 (Reprint)

Authors: Cynthia B. Herrup

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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. 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…

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List price: $37.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/22/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 7.72" wide x 5.12" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations and Conventions


Genealogies of the Touchet and Stanley Families


Preface


Introduction: Castlehaven Redux



A Household Kept unto Itself



A Debauched Son of a Noble Family



A Verdict, but No Resolution



A Household Broke Beyond Repair



Retellings



Conclusions



The Jurors



Verses



Genealogy of Manuscripts and Pamphlets


Notes


Bibliography of Sources Cited


Index