'Of Good and Ill Repute': Gender and Social Control in Medieval England

by Barbara A. Hanawalt

Book Overview

To be labeled "of ill repute" in medieval society implied that a person had committed a violation of accepted standards and had stepped beyond the bounds of permissible behavior. To have a reputation "of good repute", however, was so powerful as to help a person accused of a crime be acquitted by his or her fellow peers. Labeling a person in medieval times was a complex matter. Often, unwritten codes of behavior determined who was of good repute and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019510949X
• ISBN13: 9780195109498
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"