Sexual Slander in Nineteenth-century England

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Sexual Slander in Nineteenth-century England is written by S. M. Waddams and published by University of Toronto Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0802047505 (ISBN 10) and 9780802047502 (ISBN 13).

Until 1855, slanderous language was punishable in Britain's ecclesiastical courts. Waddams shows how the law worked not only in theory but in practice. The evidence of the witnesses supplies fascinating details of day-to-day events.