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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