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Zusatztext "To this sorry tale of a grossly disordered household, of a weak patriarch, loveless marriages, corrupt and venal servants, is added the betrayal of a son, fearful of losing his inheritance, the irregularities, if not worse, of prejudiced court adn irregular trial procedure, of predatory aristocratic relatives, and of Castlehaven's dubious connection with Catholicism and Ireland.... It is a cautionary tale on many levels that haunted succeeding generations; its eloquent retelling ought now to haunt ours."--Paul Seaver, Department of History, Stanford University Informationen zum Autor Cynthia Herrup is Professor of History and Law, Duke University. She is the former editor of the Journal of British Studies and the author of The Common Peace: Participation and the Criminal Law in 17th Century England. She lives in Durham, North Carolina. Klappentext In an examination of a sex scandal of 17th-century England, Herrup presents a strikingly new interpretation of the case of the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven and of the sexual and social anxieties it cast into such bold relief. This was a case that brought disgrace to the ruling class and ended with the beheading of the earl. 8 halftones. Zusammenfassung This work offers an interpretation of the case of the second Earl of Castlehaven, who was convicted of abetting the rape of his wife and of committing sodomy with his servants. He also stood accused of inverting the natural order of his household by revelling in such intemperate passions.
