Marriage, Sex, and Civic Culture in Late Medieval London

McSheffrey, Shannon

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“…Sexual impropriety tainted the moral authority of the paterfamilias and called into question his ability to govern over the family and household. 18 There were repercussions, then, for married townsmen, and even young unmarried men, who would have been feminised by their unbridled casual and adulterous affairs that cast suspicion on their ability to control themselves and, by extension, their dependents.…”

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Concubinage, Illegitimacy and Fatherhood: Urban Masculinity in Late‐medieval Barcelona

Armstrong-Partida¹

2019

Gender & History

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Concubinage, Illegitimacy and Fatherhood: Urban Masculinity in Late‐medieval Barcelona

Armstrong-Partida¹

2019

Gender & History

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“…Valuable work on this theme has already been done by Karen Jones and Shannon McSheffrey, among others, but the issues are further explored in the following chapters. 63 It will not be surprising to find that women were indeed often at the sharp end of legal action against sexual transgression. Far more striking is that often the courts rigorously pursued the menfolk too.…”

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“…Alan Bray's suggestion, as applicable to the period before the passage of the 1534 buggery act as afterwards, is that in England as a whole there was an extreme disjunction between abhorrence of 'sodomy' in principle and, in practice, a reluctance on the part both of the actors themselves and of neighbours and friends to recognize it in most concrete situations. 82 How well as specifically city pressures and further stimulated by the growth in the population of London and perceived problems of vagrancy with which it was associated. Chapter 8 draws together materials from all the jurisdictions previously surveyed to focus on clerical immorality on the eve of the Reformation.…”

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Ingram

2017

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How was the law used to control sex in Tudor England? What were the differences between secular and religious practice? This major study reveals that - contrary to what historians have often supposed - in pre-Reformation England both ecclesiastical and secular (especially urban) courts were already highly active in regulating sex. They not only enforced clerical celibacy and sought to combat prostitution but also restrained the pre- and extramarital sexual activities of laypeople more generally. Initially destabilising, the religious and institutional changes of 1530–60 eventually led to important new developments that tightened the regime further. There were striking innovations in the use of shaming punishments in provincial towns and experiments in the practice of public penance in the church courts, while Bridewell transformed the situation in London. Allowing the clergy to marry was a milestone of a different sort. Together these changes contributed to a marked shift in the moral climate by 1600.

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“…96 This was evident in cases involving members of civic government themselves. It was considered particularly important that members of town governments be seen to behave in a morally upright manner.…”

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Disputing legal privilege: civic relations with the Church in late medieval England

Carrel

2009

Journal of Medieval History

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a b s t r a c tThis article explores how provincial town governments sought to bolster civic authority in the period from c.1350 to c.1500. It focuses on royal boroughs, such as York, Chester and Norwich, which had a strong sense of lay civic identity and political pride. In these places, the king was the direct overlord, but the power of civic government was nonetheless frequently challenged by the franchises of local abbeys and convents, cathedral chapters, bishops' palaces, areas of sanctuary and the estates of local nobles. The main case study is urban relations with the Church, in particular disputes with local religious houses and rivalry between the Church and borough courts. How town leaders sought to deal with rival authorities provides an insight into the creation and assertion of lay urban identity in the late medieval period, and illuminates broader themes of how power was legitimised and enforced in post-Black Death society.

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Marriage, Sex, and Civic Culture in Late Medieval London

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Concubinage, Illegitimacy and Fatherhood: Urban Masculinity in Late‐medieval Barcelona

Concubinage, Illegitimacy and Fatherhood: Urban Masculinity in Late‐medieval Barcelona

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Disputing legal privilege: civic relations with the Church in late medieval England

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