The Gentleman's Mistress: Illegitimate Relationships and Children, 1450-1640

by Tim Thornton and Katharine Carlton

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526114070
• ISBN13: 9781526114075
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"