A house in gross disorder [electronic resource] : sex, law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven / Cynthia B. Herrup.
Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 216 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780199848966 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Castlehaven, Mervyn Touchet, Earl of, 1592?-1631 -- Trials, litigation, etc | Trials (Sex crimes) -- England -- History -- 17th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780195139259DDC classification: 345.420253092 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.