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基本説明
From her indictment for bigamy in 1663, to her death by hanging at Tyburn a decade later, Mary Carleton captured the imagination of the English people. Kietzman's study of this actress, author, and criminal/heroine deepen our knowledge about early modern women's lives.
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Carleton began her career as a heroine of Restoration popular culture in 1663 when her husband prosecuted her for four weeks of bigamy. She claimed to be a member of the German aristocracy and performed the role so convincingly that she was acquitted and her claim accepted socially. In the next ten
