Front matter; Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Explanatory notes; Introduction; Background and legal framework; The extent of bastardy among the elite; The role and status of the mistress; Gentlewomen and their lovers; The 'wronged' partner; The bastard children; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book explores continuities in the extra-marital relationships of the gentry and nobility in the north of England. A major contribution to debates on sex and marriage, family, kinship and gender, it challenges assumptions about the impact of Protestantism and other changes to elite culture.
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