Stories from the Darker Side of Love

A collection of non-fiction stories embedded in an analytical context written by a professional historian who has drawn the material from England's National Archives.

The book is a selection of court cases from the early modern equity courts of England, Star Chamber, Requests, and Chancery They have been chosen and developed with a focus on domestic conflicts with an eye towards their value as stories in their own right. It is intended that they should both entertain and offer comparative insights to the darker side Tudor family life in all its complexities.

Joseph Block is Professor Emeritus at California State Polytechnic University where he taught from 1979 until 2009. He is author of Factional Politics and the English Reformation, 1520 – 1540 and contributing co-editor of State, Sovereigns & Society in Early Modern England. Joe has been an active member of the Conference on British Studies, serving as the Associate Executive Secretary for the National and a term as President of the Pacific Coast Conference. In addition, he is a charter member of the Huntington Library’s Early Modern English History Seminar where he delivered several of the stories contained in this present work.