Title: Controlling misbehavior in England, 1370-1600
First published: 1998
Description: 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.
Subjects: Administration of Justice, Deviant behavior, History, Justice, Administration of, Moral conditions, Social conditions, Social control, Great britain, moral conditions, Justice, administration of, great britain, Great britain, social conditions, Contrôle social, Histoire, Déviance, Justice, Administration, Conditions morales, Conditions sociales, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Public Policy, Social Services & Welfare, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Human Services, Criminaliteit, Strafvervolging, Crimes et criminels, Criminalité, Lutte contre
Places: England
Time periods: 1066-1485, 16th century
LC classification: HN398.E5 M38 1998