The gentleman's mistress
Illegitimate relationships and children, 1450–1640
by Tim Thornton, Katharine Carlton
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This is an exploration of the extent and implications of the pre- and extra-marital relationships of the gentry and nobility in the period 1450-1640 in the north of England: the keeping of mistresses, the taking of lovers, the production of bastard children, and the fate of those children. The first book of its kind, it provides the only comprehensive account of these important aspects of the lives of the elite. In doing so, it opens up important new perspectives on the lives of some of the key actors in late medieval and early modern England. The book draws on a wide range of sources, including court records, wills, property transactions, and works of literature. It challenges assumptions about the extent to which such sexual activity outside marriage (and consequent bastardy) declined in the period in question, and hence about the impact of Protestantism, the 'reformation of manners', and other changes to the culture of the elite. The book is a major contribution to the literature on marriage and sexual relationships, on family and kinship and their impacts on wider social networks, and on gender. It is relevant to an academic readership interested in these fields of social and political history, including second- and final-year undergraduates, and its vivid accounts of some of the more dramatic aspects of the personal relationships of the medieval and early modern elite will also appeal to a wider popular readership.
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This is an exploration of the extent and implications of the pre- and extra-marital relationships of the gentry and nobility in the period 1450-1640 in the north of England: the keeping of mistresses, the taking of lovers, the production of bastard children, and the fate of those children. The first book of its kind, it provides the only comprehensive account of these important aspects of the lives of the elite. In doing so, it opens up important new perspectives on the lives of some of the key actors in late medieval and early modern England. The book draws on a wide range of sources, including court records, wills, property transactions, and works of literature. It challenges assumptions about the extent to which such sexual activity outside marriage (and consequent bastardy) declined in the period in question, and hence about the impact of Protestantism, the 'reformation of manners', and other changes to the culture of the elite. The book is a major contribution to the literature on marriage and sexual relationships, on family and kinship and their impacts on wider social networks, and on gender. It is relevant to an academic readership interested in these fields of social and political history, including second- and final-year undergraduates, and its vivid accounts of some of the more dramatic aspects of the personal relationships of the medieval and early modern elite will also appeal to a wider popular readership.
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- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Publication Date April 2019
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781526114082 / 1526114089
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPDF
- ReadershipGeneral/trade
- Publish StatusPublished
- Reference Code8790
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