Tim Thornton, Katharine Carlton

The gentleman's mistress

Illegitimate relationships and children, 1450-1640

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores continuities in the extra-marital relationships of the gentry and nobility in the north of England. A major contribution to debates on sex and marriage, family, kinship and gender, it challenges assumptions about the impact of Protestantism and other changes to elite culture. -- .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9781526114068
• ISBN-10: 1526114062
• Artikelnr.: 54895620

Autorenporträt

Tim Thornton is Professor of History and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Huddersfield Katharine Carlton is Research Assistant at the University of Huddersfield

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Background and legal framework 2 The extent of bastardy
among the elite 3 The role and status of the mistress 4 Gentlewomen and
their lovers 5 The 'wronged' partner 6 The bastard children Conclusion
Index