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An edition of The Hell-Fire clubs (2008)

The Hell-Fire clubs

sex, Satanism and secret societies

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Lord sets aside the gossip about the Hell-Fire Clubs-- orgies, prostitutes, erotica, extreme initiation ceremonies-- in order to paint an accurate portrait of their membership, their beliefs and activities, and the reasons for their proliferation.

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Yale University Press
Language
English
Pages
247

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Subjects
Hell Fire Club (Medmenham, England), Social life and customs, Geheimbund, Medmenham / Kloster, England, social life and customs, Clubs, Secret societies, History
Places
England, Gro britannien
Times
18th century

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2008, Yale University Press
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New Haven [Conn.], London

Table of Contents

Prelude to the fires of hell
Gentlemen's clubs, journalistic hacks, the mohocks and change
The Hell-Fire clubs
Interlude abroad : the grand tour, dilettanti and divans
The Medmenham friars
Essay on woman : the friars exposed
Public men and private vices
Scotland and the fires of hell
Beefsteaks, demoniacs, dalkey, colonial America.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-242) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
366
Library of Congress
DA485 .L67 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxix, 247 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
247

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24766460M
Internet Archive
hellfireclubssex00lord
ISBN 10
0300116675
ISBN 13
9780300116670
LCCN
2008016696
OCLC/WorldCat
223870284

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