Ladies of the bedchamber : the role of the royal mistress
Friedman, Dennis2005
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This text examines the role played by the mistress, the concubine and finally commercial sex, the ready availability of which possibly protected the virginal sanctity of marriage in the years preceding today's less holy alliances.
Main title:
Ladies of the bedchamber : the role of the royal mistress / Dennis Friedman.
Author:
Edition:
Rev. ed.
Imprint:
London : Peter Owen, 2005.
Collation:
208 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: 2003.Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-194) and index.
ISBN:
9780720612448 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.0099
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
315124