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- catalog abstract ""Sex, privilege, corruption, and revenge - these are elements that we expect to find splashed across today's tabloid headlines. But in 17th-century England, a sex scandal in which the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven was executed for crimes so horrible that "a Christian man ought scarce to name them" threatened the very foundations of aristocratic hierarchy." "In A House in Gross Disorder, Cynthia B. Herrup presents a new interpretation both of the case itself and of the sexual and social anxieties it cast into such bold relief. Castlehaven was convicted of abetting the rape of his wife and of committing sodomy with his servants. More than that, he stood accused of inverting the natural order of his household by reveling in rather than restraining the intemperate passions of those he was expected to rule and protect. Herrup argues that because an orderly house was considered both an example and endorsement of aristocratic governance, the riotousness presided over by Castle-haven was the most damning evidence against him. Castlehaven himself argued that he was the victim of an impatient son, an unhappy wife, and courtiers greedy for his lands. Eschewing simple conclusions about guilt or innocence, Herrup focuses instead on the fascinating legal, social, and political dynamics of the case and its subsequent retellings."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11101253.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain History Early Stuarts, 1603-1649 Sources.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Sex, privilege, corruption, and revenge - these are elements that we expect to find splashed across today's tabloid headlines. But in 17th-century England, a sex scandal in which the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven was executed for crimes so horrible that "a Christian man ought scarce to name them" threatened the very foundations of aristocratic hierarchy." "In A House in Gross Disorder, Cynthia B. Herrup presents a new interpretation both of the case itself and of the sexual and social anxieties it cast into such bold relief. Castlehaven was convicted of abetting the rape of his wife and of committing sodomy with his servants. More than that, he stood accused of inverting the natural order of his household by reveling in rather than restraining the intemperate passions of those he was expected to rule and protect. Herrup argues that because an orderly house was considered both an example and endorsement of aristocratic governance, the riotousness presided over by Castle-haven was the most damning evidence against him. Castlehaven himself argued that he was the victim of an impatient son, an unhappy wife, and courtiers greedy for his lands. Eschewing simple conclusions about guilt or innocence, Herrup focuses instead on the fascinating legal, social, and political dynamics of the case and its subsequent retellings."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Genealogies of the Touchet and Stanley Families -- Introduction: Castlehaven Redux -- Ch. 1. A Household Kept unto Itself -- Ch. 2. A Debauched Son of a Noble Family -- Ch. 3. A Verdict, but No Resolution -- Ch. 4. A Household Broke Beyond Repair -- Ch. 5. Retellings -- Ch. 6. Conclusions -- App. A. The Jurors -- App. B. Verses -- App. C. Genealogy of Manuscripts and Pamphlets.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-211) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 216 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0195125185 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "9781423760771 (electronic bk.)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain History Early Stuarts, 1603-1649 Sources.".
- catalog subject "345.42/02532 21".
- catalog subject "Castlehaven, Mervyn Touchet, Earl of, 1592?-1631 Trials, litigation, etc.".
- catalog subject "KD372.C37 H47 1999".
- catalog subject "Trials (Rape) England.".
- catalog subject "Trials (Sodomy) England.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Genealogies of the Touchet and Stanley Families -- Introduction: Castlehaven Redux -- Ch. 1. A Household Kept unto Itself -- Ch. 2. A Debauched Son of a Noble Family -- Ch. 3. A Verdict, but No Resolution -- Ch. 4. A Household Broke Beyond Repair -- Ch. 5. Retellings -- Ch. 6. Conclusions -- App. A. The Jurors -- App. B. Verses -- App. C. Genealogy of Manuscripts and Pamphlets.".
- catalog title "A house in gross disorder : sex, law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven / Cynthia B. Herrup.".
- catalog type "Sources. fast".
- catalog type "Trials, litigation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".