We have to compliment the Aristocracy on the exhibition of their morals': the Ellenborough divorce case (1830) and the politics of scandal in pre-reform London and Vormärz Vienna

Using the 1830 divorce of Lord and Lady Ellenborough as a case study, this article sheds more light on the mechanisms of sexual scandal in early nineteenth-century Europe. It contrasts the publicity and political meaning given to the adultery of Lady Ellenborough and the Austrian envoy Felix zu Schw...

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Veröffentlicht in:Historical research. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987. - 89(2016), 246, Seite 776-798
1. Verfasser: De Bock, Greet (VerfasserIn)
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Historical research
Schlagworte:Divorce Case studies Scandals Analysis Morality Nobility Politics Historical analysis