The Hell-Fire clubs: sex, Satanism and secret societies
Prelude to the fires of hell -- Gentlemen's clubs, journalistic hacks, the mohocks and change -- The Hell-Fire clubs -- Interlude abroad : the grand tour, dilettanti and divans -- The Medmenham friars -- Essay on woman : the friars exposed -- Public men and private vices -- Scotland and the fir...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven, Conn. [u.a.]
Yale Univ. Press
c2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Reviews: | The Hell-Fire clubs. Sex, Satanism and secret societies. By Evelyn Lord. Pp. xxiv+247+22 plates. New Haven–London: Yale University Press, 2008. £19.99. 978 0 300 11667 0 (2010) (Gregory, Jeremy)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Great Britain
/ Kloster Medmenham
/ Secret society
/ History 1746-1763
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| Further subjects: | B
Hell Fire Club (Medmenham, England)
B England Social life and customs 18th century |
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| Summary: | Prelude to the fires of hell -- Gentlemen's clubs, journalistic hacks, the mohocks and change -- The Hell-Fire clubs -- Interlude abroad : the grand tour, dilettanti and divans -- The Medmenham friars -- Essay on woman : the friars exposed -- Public men and private vices -- Scotland and the fires of hell -- Beefsteaks, demoniacs, dalkey, colonial America |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0300116675 |