Family and Feuding at the Court of James I: The Lake and Cecil Scandals by Dr Jo

Description: Family and Feuding at the Court of James I by Dr Johanna Luthman Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description After a marriage linking them floundered, the feuding Lake and Cecil families hurled terrible accusations at each other: adultery, incest, poisoning, impotence, fraud. The resulting scandals impacted the court of King James I and beyond. Luthmans study of the scandals provides a window into the culture, society, and politics of Jacobean England. Publisher Description In early 1618, Anne Cecil (nee Lake), Lady Roos, accused Frances Cecil, countess of Exeter, of having committed adultery and incest with her husband, the countesss step grandson, William Cecil, Lord Roos. The countess had attempted to poison her twice, first with a poisoned enema, and later with a poisoned syrup of roses. With the help of the countess, Lord Roos secretively fled England for Catholic Italy, leaving his wife and family behind. Now, the murderouscountess was again planning to poison Lady Roos, and perhaps also her father, Sir Thomas Lake, the kings Secretary of State. The countess vehemently denied these sensational charges, fell on her kneesbefore the king, and asked for justice and restoration of her damaged honour. The accusations and the countesss defence quickly became a public scandal. The king and council investigated and ordered the matter be solved in the Court of Star Chamber. The Lake and Cecil families promptly sued and counter-sued each other for slander. The trials attracted much attention, not least because Lakes position as Secretary hung in the balance, and because King James decided to emulate the Biblical KingSolomon and sit as a judge himself. While the feud and entangled scandals make for sensational reading, they also offer unexplored windows into the culture, society, andpolitics of Jacobean England. These were events with resounding reverberations and profound impacts on the Jacobean court, involving both its domestic and foreign spheres. Here Johanna Luthman scrutinises the scandals in detail for the first time. Employing a diverse range of methodologies and critical lenses, including those from the history of medicine and gender, and an analysis of several court cases that have not yet been studied, Luthman demonstrates theimportance of incorporating the history of these scandals into an understanding of complex and fraught world of the court of King James VI. In so doing, the book offers new perspectives from which to understandthe period, and will be necessary reading for all those interested in Jacobean history, as well as the history of gender, family, medicine, and scandal more generally. Author Biography Dr. Johanna Luthman is Professor of History at University of North Georgia. Originally from Sweden, Luthman lives in the USA. She earned her doctorate from Emory University. Her work focuses on the Tudor and Stuart periods, specifically on issues of love, sex, marriage, and scandals at the courts of Elizabeth I and James VI and I. Previous publications include Love, Lust, and License in Early Modern England: Illicit Sex and the Nobility(2008) and Love, Madness, and Scandal: The Life of Frances Coke Villiers, Viscountess Purbeck (2017). Luthman lives with her husband in Atlanta. Details ISBN 0192865781 ISBN-13 9780192865786 Title Family and Feuding at the Court of James I Author Dr Johanna Luthman Format Hardcover Year 2023 Pages 368 Publisher Oxford University Press GE_Item_ID:158443893; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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