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The medieval underworld / Andrew McCall.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stroud : Sutton, 2004.Description: 319 pages : illustrations; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0750937270
  • 9780750937276
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.902 MCC
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan Moylish Library Main Collection 364.902 MCC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39002100690818

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Medieval society was obsessed with conformity. This is an account of the men and women who could not or would not observe the conventions of their times, such as homosexuals, heretics, prostitutes, thieves, vagabonds and fraudulent beggars.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgments (p. 6)
  • The Middle Ages (p. 11)
  • Church, State and Sin (p. 19)
  • Crime and Punishment (p. 41)
  • Bandits, Freebooters and Outlaws (p. 82)
  • Richman, Poorman, Beggarman, Thieves (p. 133)
  • Prostitutes (p. 179)
  • Homosexuals (p. 190)
  • Heretics (p. 210)
  • Sorcerers and Witches (p. 238)
  • Jews (p. 259)
  • Hell (p. 285)
  • Notes (p. 289)
  • Select Bibliography (p. 295)
  • List of Illustrations (p. 303)
  • Index (p. 307)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Andrew McCall is a writer of popular history who also writes for the advertising industry and television

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