Love, Madness, and Scandal - The Life of Frances Coke Villiers, Viscountess Purbeck

The life of Frances Coke Villiers, Viscountess Purbeck. A story of love, sex, and high drama set against the backdrop of a tumultuous and formative period of English history, this is also the story of an exceptional and courageous rebel against an age in which women were expected to be obedient, silent, and chaste.

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• List of Abbreviations


• Note on Dates and Spelling


• List of Illustrations


• List of Persons


• Prologue


• 1: Contentious Origins


• 2: The Marriage-Merry-Go-Round


• 3: Marriage and Madness


• 4: Enter the Lover


• 5: The Legal Troubles


• 6: Counters and Convictions


• 7: Town and Country


• 8: Frances in France


• 9: Endings


• Epilogue


• Appendix: Family Trees


• Notes


• Bibliography

About the author

Johanna Luthman is an associate professor of history at the University of North Georgia. Originally from Sweden, Luthman has studied and worked in the United States since the early 1990s, receiving her doctorate from Emory University in Atlanta. Her work focuses on the Tudor and Stuart eras, specifically on issues of love, sex, and marriage. Her previous publications include Love, Lust and License in Early Modern England: Illicit Sex and the Nobility (2008), published under the name Johanna Rickman. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, Dr. Marko Maunula.

Summary

The life of Frances Coke Villiers, Viscountess Purbeck. A story of love, sex, and high drama set against the backdrop of a tumultuous and formative period of English history, this is also the story of an exceptional and courageous rebel against an age in which women were expected to be obedient, silent, and chaste.

Additional text

Johanna Luthman has written a singular account of one of British history's most misunderstood characters. Love, Madness, and Scandal is both a gripping story of Frances Coke Villiers' tumultuous life and a profound meditation on the position of women in seventeenth-century English society.

Product details

• Authors: Johanna Luthman, Johanna (Associate Professor of History Luthman
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9780198754664
• ISBN: 978-0-19-875466-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; England, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Biography: historical, political and military, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700