Fashioning adultery : gender, sex, and civility in England, 1660-1740 /

Main Author: Turner, David M., 1972-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series:Past and present publications
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Language, sex and civility; 2. Marital advice and moral prescription; 3. Cultures of cuckoldry; 4. Sex, death and betrayal: adultery and murder; 5. Sex, proof and suspicion: adultery in the church courts; 6. Criminal conversation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.