Gambling : a social and moral problem in France, 1685-1792

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Gambling : a social and moral problem in France, 1685-1792

John Dunkley

(Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century / edited by Theodore Besterman, 235)

Voltaire Foundation at the Taylor Institution, 1985

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Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Exeter, 1975)

Bibliography: p. [227]-235

Includes index

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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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