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Author Thornton, Tim, 1966- author.

Title The gentleman's mistress : Illegitimate relationships and children, 1450--1640 / Tim Thornton and Katharine Carlton.

Publication Info. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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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Subject Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Paramours.
Great Britain.
Kings and rulers.
Paramours.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- History.
History.
Illegitimate children of royalty.
Illegitimate children of royalty.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Added Author Carlton, Katharine, author.
Other Form: Electronic version: Thornton, Tim. Gentleman's mistress. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019 9781526114082 (OCoLC)1089930613
ISBN 9781526114082 (electronic book)
1526114089 (electronic book)
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