Would you swig a magic potion or plot to kill your husband in order to marry your lover? These are just two of the many romantic and sexual customs from British history that you will explore as eight authors take us through the centuries, revealing that truth is stranger than fiction when it comes to love.
From bizarre trivia about courtly love, to techniques and prostitution, you ll encounter memorable nuggets of provocative information that you'll want to share. It's all here: ménage a trois, chastity belts, Tudor fallacies, royal love and infidelity, marriage contracts (which were more like business arrangements), brothels, kept women, and whorehouses. Take a peek at what really happened between the sheets. Each story provides you with shocking detail about what was at the heart of romance throughout British history.
Sexuality and Its Impact on History: The British Stripped Bare chronicles the pleasures and perils of the flesh, sharing secrets from the days of the Anglo-Saxons, medieval courtly love traditions, diabolical Tudor escapades including those of Anne Boleyn and Mary Queen of Scots the Regency, and down to the prudish Victorian Era. This scholarly yet accessible study brings to light the myriad varieties of British sexual mores.
Author(s): Hunter S. Jones; Annie Whitehead; Jessica Cale; Maryanne Coleman; Judith Arnopp; Gayle Hulme; Beth Lynne; Emma Haddon-Wright
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: vi+209
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Book Title
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Contents
Chapter 1 Godiva: Lady, Legend, Legacy
Chapter 2 Rioting in the Harlot’s Embrace – Matrimony and Sanctimony in Anglo-Saxon England
Chapter 3 The Art of Courtly Love: The Ideal and Practice of Love in the Middle Ages
Chapter 4 The Tudor Marriage Game
Chapter 5 ‘These Bloody Days’ – The Relationship between Anne Boleyn and Thomas Wyatt
Plate section
Chapter 6 The Marriages of Mary Queen of Scots
Chapter 7 Succession, Confusion and Ramifications: Who Should Wear the Crown?
Chapter 8 Lips of Flame and Heart of Stone – The Impact of Prostitution in Victorian Britain and its Global Influence
References by Chapter
Index
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