Controlling Misbehavior in England, 1370-1600 - Couverture souple

McIntosh, Marjorie Keniston

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521894042 ISBN 13 : 9780521894043

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Using little-known archival material this study shows how English people attempted to define and control misbehaviour in England.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In this important study, Professor McIntosh argues against the suggestion that social regulation was a distinctive feature of the decades around 1600, resulting from Puritanism. Instead, through an examination of 255 village and small-town communities distributed throughout England, Professor McIntosh demonstrates that concern with wrongdoing mounted gradually between 1370 and 1600. In an attempt to maintain good order and enforce ethical conduct, local leaders prosecuted people who slandered or quarrelled with their neighbours, engaged in sexual misdeeds, operated unruly alehouses, or refused to work. Professor McIntosh also explores who the offenders were as well as the factors that led to misbehaviour and shaped responses to it. More generally, Professor McIntosh sheds light on the transition from medieval to early modern patterns and succeeds here in opening up little-known sources and new research methods.

Revue de presse

'... an extremely interesting and thought-provoking study ...' Legal History

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521894042
• ISBN 13: 9780521894043
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 310
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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