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The Medieval Underworld  
Author: Andrew McCall
ISBN: 088029714X
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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The Medieval Underworld

FROM OUR EDITORS

An unusual history of this period through its outlaws & brigands, homosexuals, heretics, witches, prostitutes, thieves, & vagabonds. B&W illus.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

In medieval times there existed an insistence on conformity which bordered on the obsessive. This account explores those times from the viewpoint of the men and women who were seen to be on the margins of society - who either would not, or could not, conform to the conventions of their era. The activities of outlaws, brigands, homosexuals, heretics, witches, Jews, prostitutes, thieves, vagabonds and other 'transgressors' are detailed here, as are the punishments - often barbarously savage - which were meted out to them by State and Church. Full of fascinating and unusual characters and facts which greatly enhance our view of the Middle Ages, The Medieval Underworld will enthral anyone interested in medieval social history or the history of crime and punishment.

     



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