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Bacon’s coach companions
Three clues survive regarding Bacon’s sex life: a letter from his mother to his brother Anthony, a letter from a Spanish envoy to Anthony, and a bit of vicious gossip from Simonds D’Ewes. D’Ewes hated...
View ArticleMissing article about sex, of all things
On June 18th, I wrote, “Last week I wrote a review of Alan Bray’s excellent Homosexuality in Renaissance England.” That was a bald-faced lie, or rather a brazen exaggeration. I wrote one measly...
View ArticleA thieving whore or a whorish knave? Defamation suits in Elizabethan England
Litigation was one of the most popular sports in sixteenth century England. I believe the rapid expansion of the whole legal world had everything to do with the Reformation. Most government officials,...
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