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Deviance and Power in Late Medieval London (Hardcover)
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Deviance and Power in Late Medieval London (Hardcover)
Series: Past and Present Publications
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During the late Middle Ages the London ruling elite was
increasingly influenced by the idea that a secret counter-society
was operating in the city. Its members were suspected to be active
mainly at night, to roam the city aimlessly and to be identifiable
by three main characteristics: their latent, unmotivated and
habitual penchant for violence, their sexual license and their
disinclination to work. The rumours about this real and imagined
'milieu of the night' strongly influenced Londoners' perceptions of
social relations within urban society. In wards, parishes, guilds
and companies, people adapted their behaviour and gradually defined
their own respectability in negative terms, in opposition to the
new 'urban underworld'. The book sheds considerable new light on
everyday life in late medieval London and its case study opens up
wider debates about the relationship between morality and politics
in Europe's cities in this period.
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