Of good and ill repute : gender and social control in medieval England

Hanawalt, Barbara A. 1941- (Author).

Summary: "'Of Good and Ill Repute' examines the complex social regulations and stigmatizations that medieval society used to arrive at its decisions about condemnation and exoneration. In eleven interrelated essays, including five previously unpublished works, Hanawalt explores how social control was maintained in Medieval England in the later Middle Ages. Focusing on gender, criminal behavior, law enforcement, arbitration, and cultural rituals of inclusion and exclusion, 'Of Good and Ill Repute' reflects the most current scholarship on medieval legal history, cultural history, and gender studies. It looks at the medieval sermons, advice books, manuals of penance, popular poetry, laws, legal treatises, court records, and city and guild ordinances that drew the lines between good and bad behavior. Written in a lively, accessible, and jargon-free style, this text is essential for upper level undergraduate history courses on medieval history and women's history as well as English courses on medieval literature."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780198026921
ISBN: 0198026927
ISBN: 9781280453144
ISBN: 1280453141
ISBN: 9780195109498
ISBN: 019510949X
ISBN: 9780195109498
ISBN: 9780195109481
ISBN: 0195109481
ISBN: 019510949X
ISBN: 9781602566415
ISBN: 1602566410
ISBN: 9781423759409
ISBN: 1423759400
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages)
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Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	8. Whose Story Was This? Rape Narratives in Medieval English Courts9. Men's Games, King's Deer: Poaching in Medieval England; 10. Narratives of a Nurturing Culture: Parents and Neighbors in Medieval England; 11. ""The Childe of Bristowe"" and the Making of Middle-Class Adolescence; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.