The Hellfire Clubs : Sex, Satanism and Secret Societies

Hell-Fire Clubs operated under a variety of titles, but they all attracted a similar membership - mainly upper-class men with abundant leisure and the desire to shock society. This book explores the social and economic context in which the clubs emerged and flourished; their various phases, which first involved violence as an assertion of masculinity, then religious blasphemy, and later sexual indulgence; and, the counter movement that eventually suppressed them. Uncovering the facts behind the Hell-Fire legends, this book also opens a window on the rich contradictions of the Enlightenment period.

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SKU SKU8461

ISBN Number 9780300164022

Author Evelyn Lord

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