Controlling misbehavior in England, 1370-1600 / Marjorie Keniston McIntosh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McIntosh, Marjorie Keniston, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 34.

Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social control--England--History.

Social control.

Deviant behavior--England--History.

Deviant behavior.

Justice, Administration of--England--History.

Justice, Administration of.

England--Moral conditions--History.

England.

England--Social conditions--1066-1485.

England--Social conditions--16th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 289 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

List of maps and graphs

List of tables

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part I. The history of social regulation: The forms of contro

Methodological underpinnings

Social regulation in England's smaller communities

Social concern in other contexts

Part II. Factors that influenced social regulation: Some political considerations

Social ecology I: 'broad response' and 'no response' communities

Social ecology II: analysis by type of offences reported

Ideological/religious influences

Appendices

Bibliography.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-278) and index.

ISBN:

0-511-58278-1

0-511-00285-8