1781 Thelyphthora; or, a Treatise on Female Ruin, in its Causes, Effects, Consequences, Prevention, and Remedy; Considered on the Basis of the Divine Law

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Under the following Heads, viz. Marriage, Whoredom, and Fornication, Adultery, Polygamy, Divorce. With many other Incidental Matters; Particularly including an Examination of the Principles of the Tendency of Stat. 26 Geo. II. c. 33. Complete in three volumes, third volume printed at a later date. Commonly called the Marriage Act. The second edition, enlarged. Martin Madan (1726 – 2 May 1790) was an English barrister, clergyman and writer, known for controversial views on marriage expressed in his book Thelyphthora. In 1780, Madan raised a storm of opposition by the publication of his Thelyphthora, or A Treatise on Female Ruin, in which he advocated polygamy as the remedy for evils he deplored. His arguments were based mainly on scriptural authority; but his book caused many angry replies. Amongst them was 'Anti-Thelyphthora' by his first cousin, the poet William Cowper, which he published anonymously.