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Frances Coke, Viscountess Purbeck (August 1602 – 4 June 1645), was the sister-in-law of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and the central figure in a notable sex scandal within the English aristocracy of the early 17th century that was known at the time as "the Lady Purbeck’s business".
6 de ago. de 2018 · Issue Section: Book Reviews. While the fields of gender and women’s history continue to flourish for the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, unique stories such as that of Frances Coke Villiers (1602–45) have a special part to play in enriching our understanding of the collective female experience through a study of the individual.
- Leonie James
- 2018
24 de sept. de 2017 · Insight into Frances’ life has diminished with time, causing her become known as a mysterious and scandalous figure. In the following extract from Love, Madness, and Scandal, Johanna Luthman pieces together the historical life of Frances Coke Villiers to better understand one of history’s notable rebels.
8 de jul. de 2017 · By Johanna Luthman. July 8th 2017. The high society of Stuart England found Frances Coke Villiers, Viscountess Purbeck (1602-1645) an exasperating woman. She lived at a time when women were expected to be obedient, silent, and chaste, but Frances displayed none of these qualities.
On one level a thrilling tale of love and sex, kidnapping and elopement, the life of Frances Coke Villiers is also the story of an exceptional woman, whose personal experiences intertwined with the court politics and religious disputes of a tumultuous and crucially formative period in English history
14 de ene. de 2019 · Love, Madness, and Scandal: The Life of Frances Coke Villiers, Viscountess Purbeck. Johanna Luthman. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. xxii + 216 pp. $27.95. | Renaissance Quarterly | Cambridge Core.
11 de feb. de 2022 · Frances Coke (1601-1645) was the younger daughter of Sir Edward Coke and Lady Elizabeth Cecil. She married John Villiers, 1st Viscount Purbeck, son of Sir George Villiers and Mary Beaumont, Countess of Buckingham, on 29 September 1617. From 29 September 1617, her married name became Villiers.
