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The Hellfire Clubs: Sex, Satanism and Secret Societies

Door Evelyn Lord

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#348301-VC37
Titel	The Hellfire Clubs: Sex, Satanism and Secret Societies
Auteur	Lord, Evelyn
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Yale University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2008
ISBN10	0300116675
ISBN13	9780300116670
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, ìllustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	The Hell-Fire Clubs scandalized eighteenth-century English society. Rumours of their orgies, recruitment of prostitutes, extensive libraries of erotica, extreme rituals, and initiation ceremonies circulated widely at the time, only to become more sensational as generations passed. This thoroughly researched book sets aside the exaggerated gossip about the secret Hell-Fire Clubs and brings to light the first accurate portrait of their membership (including John Wilkes, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Prince of Wales), beliefs, activities, and the reasons for their proliferation, first in the British Isles and later in America, possibly under the auspices of Benjamin Franklin. Hell-Fire Clubs operated under a variety of titles, but all attracted similar members - mainly upper-class ... (Lees verder)men with abundant leisure and the desire to shock society. The book explores the social and economic context in which the clubs emerged and flourished; their various phases, which first involved violence as an assertion of masculinity, then religious blasphemy, and later sexual indulgence; and the counter movement that eventually suppressed them. Uncovering the facts behind the Hell-Fire legends, this book also opens a window on the rich contradictions of the Enlightenment period.
Pagina's	247
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 15,00

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