Gambling

a social and moral problem in France, 1685-1792

Author: John Dunkley

Volume: 235

Series: SVEC

Publication Date: 1985

Pages: 251

ISBN: 978-0-7294-0326-9

Price: £55


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Preface
Introduction
1. The extent of the problem
2. Gambling and the law
3. The early moralists and the emergence of agreement, 1685-1714
4. Two disputes: Natural Law and theology
5. The later moralists, 1715-1792
6. Moralising through dramatic literature
7. Gambling in the novel
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index

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