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- catalog abstract "This volume is an account of the curiously passionate but platonic friendship that arose between English writer and diarist John Evelyn (1620-1706) and Margaret Godolphin (1652-1678). Godolphin was a maid of honor in the court of King Charles II of England. When they met, Evelyn was a civil servant and horticulturalist, 48 years old, and had been married for more than two decades; Godolphin was 17. Evelyn's friendship with Godolphin is recorded in a diary, which he says he designed "to consecrate her worthy life to posterity". Set against the vivid background of the court and the great gardens of the time, this work provides insights into the sexual and spiritual worlds of early modern England. "John Evelyn ranks with friend Samuel Pepys as one of the best loved of English diarists. He was a virtuoso: a man of letters and of science, an intellectual who was also devoutly spiritual." "In 1669, Evelyn began the most controversial episode of his life: a passionate 'seraphic' friendship with Margaret Godolphin, a maid of honour at the court of Charles II, 30 years his junior." "Set against the background of the court and the great gardens of the time, Transformations of Love is the story of a complex and ambiguous relationship. Was Evelyn as much a sexual predator as the rakes he professed to despise? Or was this truly a 'holy friendship'? Drawing on newly-discovered evidence, Frances Harris provides unexpected new insights into the sexual and spiritual worlds of Restoration England."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12725754.
- catalog coverage "England Social life and customs 17th century.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Court and courtiers Biography.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Court and courtiers History 17th century.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""John Evelyn ranks with friend Samuel Pepys as one of the best loved of English diarists. He was a virtuoso: a man of letters and of science, an intellectual who was also devoutly spiritual." "In 1669, Evelyn began the most controversial episode of his life: a passionate 'seraphic' friendship with Margaret Godolphin, a maid of honour at the court of Charles II, 30 years his junior." "Set against the background of the court and the great gardens of the time, Transformations of Love is the story of a complex and ambiguous relationship. Was Evelyn as much a sexual predator as the rakes he professed to despise? Or was this truly a 'holy friendship'? Drawing on newly-discovered evidence, Frances Harris provides unexpected new insights into the sexual and spiritual worlds of Restoration England."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.".
- catalog description "The garden and the river -- Man of the shade -- Nuptial love -- Courtly love -- Conversion -- Seraphick love -- The serpent in the garden -- The marriage masque -- Godly housekeeping.".
- catalog description "This volume is an account of the curiously passionate but platonic friendship that arose between English writer and diarist John Evelyn (1620-1706) and Margaret Godolphin (1652-1678). Godolphin was a maid of honor in the court of King Charles II of England. When they met, Evelyn was a civil servant and horticulturalist, 48 years old, and had been married for more than two decades; Godolphin was 17. Evelyn's friendship with Godolphin is recorded in a diary, which he says he designed "to consecrate her worthy life to posterity". Set against the vivid background of the court and the great gardens of the time, this work provides insights into the sexual and spiritual worlds of early modern England.".
- catalog extent "p. cm.".
- catalog identifier "0199252572".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England Social life and customs 17th century.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Court and courtiers Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Court and courtiers History 17th century.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "828/.403 21".
- catalog subject "Authors, English Early modern, 1500-1700 Biography.".
- catalog subject "Diarists Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog subject "Evelyn, John, 1620-1706 Friends and associates.".
- catalog subject "Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.".
- catalog subject "Godolphin, Margaret Blagge, 1652-1678 Friends and associates.".
- catalog subject "Godolphin, Margaret Blagge, 1652-1678.".
- catalog subject "Man-woman relationships England History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "PR3433.E5 Z66 2003".
- catalog subject "Women Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The garden and the river -- Man of the shade -- Nuptial love -- Courtly love -- Conversion -- Seraphick love -- The serpent in the garden -- The marriage masque -- Godly housekeeping.".
- catalog title "Transformations of love : the friendship of John Evelyn and Margaret Godolphin / Frances Harris.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".