Love, madness and scandal : the life of Frances Coke Villiers, Viscountess Purbeck PDF
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LOVE, MADNESS, AND SCANDAL JOHANNA LUTHMAN LOVE, MADNESS, AND SCANDAL the life of frances coke villiers, viscountess purbeck 1 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries ©JohannaLuthman2017 Themoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin2017 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2016948391 ISBN 978–0–19–875465–7 PrintedinGreatBritainby ClaysLtd,StIvesplc LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. To Marko, with love ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ThroughouttheseveralyearsthatIhaveworkedonthisproject,Ihavereceived invaluableassistancefrommanyquarters.Itisagreatpleasuretoacknowledge thathelphere.MycolleaguesattheUniversityofNorthGeorgiahavesupportedme innumerousways.ReceivingtheUNGPresidentialSummerScholarAwardallowed meextratimetodevotetoresearchandwriting.ManythanksareduetoJeffPardue, chairoftheUNGHistory,AnthropologyandPhilosophyDepartment,forensuring thatIreceivedaverytimelycourse-release,andforprovidingthefundstocoverthe cost of the permissions to reproduce the portraits that appear in the book. My department colleagues in the Works in Progress writing group commented on draftsoftwochapters,whichhelpedmerestructureandfine-tunetheorganization ofboththechaptersandthebookforthebetter.ThanksalsotoAmyeSokadjofor assistance with a French translation. Furthermore, the group of historians, and honorary historians, at the El Sombrero Thursday ‘meetings’ is the best support- groupanyacademiccanhave. I also want to thank the anonymous readers of two manuscript chapters, who made very useful and astute suggestions for clarifications and improvements. Audience members at conferences (Georgia Association of Historians, Southern Conference of British Studies, and Renaissance Society of America) where I have presented parts of the work have also given me good feedback, helping me to furtherfine-tunemyinterpretations.BigthanksareduetoAlokNath,whohelped me create the two maps, cheerfully, expertly, and with short notice. The editing teamat Oxford has been immenselyhelpfulin sorting outmy prose andcatching mistakes.IespeciallywanttothankLucianaO’FlahertyandJoannaNorth.Allerrors thatremainaremyown,ofcourse. Finally,Iwanttoacknowledgemyfamily(themembersoftheextensiveLuthman clan are too numerous to name individually here) for providing unending moral support and cheers. My husband, Marko Maunula, deserves special thanks. An accomplished historian, he always believes in my abilities, even when I doubt myself. He is the one who has put up with my obsessing about sections slow to come together, elusive sources, and difficult interpretations, and he has done so ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS withoutcomplaining.(Much.)Mostsignificantly,hehasreadtheentiremanuscript multipletimesinallitsvariousstagesofcompletion,makinginvaluablesuggestions for improvements of my prose and the clarity of the organization. He has gone above and beyond what anyone could reasonably expect of a spouse, reading and editing my text even while in his sickbed. He is my true partner in every way and thereforeIdedicatethebooktohim. viii OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,2/12/2016,SPi CONTENTS ListofIllustrations xi ListofAbbreviations xiii NoteonDatesandSpelling xv ListofPersons xvii Prologue xix 1. Contentious Origins 1 2. The MarriageMerry-Go-Round 22 3. Marriage and Madness 45 4. The Lover 65 5. The Legal Troubles 81 6. Counters and Conviction 97 7. Town and Country 118 8. Frances in France 140 9. Endings 154 Epilogue 171 Appendix:FamilyTrees 173 Coke 174 Cecil 175 Villiers 176 Howard 177 TheRoyalHouseofStuart 178 BibliographicEssay 179 Notes 181 SelectBibliography 201 PictureCredits 209 Index 211
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