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Sexual Slander in Nineteenth-Century England: Defamation in the Ecclesiastical
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Sexual Slander in Nineteenth-Century England: Defamation in the Ecclesiastical Courts, 1815-1855 Hardcover - 2000

by S. M. Waddams


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'You are a nasty bloody thundering whore, ' one Gloucester woman said to another in 1852. Most lawyers and historians are surprised to learn that until 1855 language of this sort was punishable in the ecclesiastical courts.

In a study based on court records and lawyers' correspondence, Stephen Waddams shows how the law worked not only in theory but in practice. He concludes that, though this branch of the law had many deficiencies, it also had certain merits, especially from the point of view of women, who constituted 90 per cent of all complainants. The evidence of the witnesses supplies fascinating details of day-to-day events and of social attitudes from the words of participants, who were mostly of a very modest social status, and not accustomed to recording their views. Their evidence provides a valuable perspective not generally available to historians.

The study is of importance to legal historians and to all who have an interest in nineteenth-century England, especially to those concerned with the sexual reputation of women.

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  • Title Sexual Slander in Nineteenth-Century England: Defamation in the Ecclesiastical Courts, 1815-1855
  • Author S. M. Waddams
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Toronto Press, Toronto
  • Date June 13, 2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780802047502 / 0802047505
  • Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.12 x 1.17 in (23.42 x 15.54 x 2.97 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Libel and slander - Great Britain - History, Ecclesiastical courts - Great Britain -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00699314
  • Dewey Decimal Code 262.983
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