The Attack on Duelling, Suicide, Adultery, and Gambling in Eighteenth-Century England
by
Donna T. Andrew
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Aristocratic Vice examines the outrage against—and attempts to end—the four vices associated with the aristocracy in eighteenth-century England: duelling, suicide, adultery, and gambling. Each of the four, it was commonly believed, owed its origin to pride. Many felt the law did not go far enough...