England, Women's Studies, Sociology, Gender Studies, 1066-1485, Social conditions, Medieval law, Medieval 

"'Of Good and Ill Repute' examines the complex social regulations and stigmatizations that medieval society used to arrive at its decisions about condemnation and exoneration. In eleven interrelated essays, including five previously unpublished works, Hanawalt explores how social control was maintained in Medieval England in the later Middle Ages. Focusing on gender, criminal behavior, law enforcement, arbitration, and cultural rituals of inclusion and exclusion, 'Of Good and Ill Repute' reflects the most current scholarship on medieval legal history, cultural history, and gender studies. It looks at the medieval sermons, advice books, manuals of penance, popular poetry, laws, legal treatises, court records, and city and guild ordinances that drew the lines between good and bad behavior. Written in a lively, accessible, and jargon-free style, this text is essential for upper level undergraduate history courses on medieval history and women's history as well as English courses on medieval literature."--Jacket. 

Contents:
1. "Of Good and III Repute": The Limits of Community Tolerance -- 2. Rituals of Inclusion and Exclusion: Hierarchy and Marginalization in Medieval London -- 3. The Power of Word and Symbol: Conflict Resolution in Late Medieval London -- 4. Fur-Collar Crime: The Pattern of Crime among the Fourteenth-Century English Nobility -- 5. At the Margins of Women's Space in Medieval Europe -- 6. Separation Anxieties in Late Medieval London: Gender in "The Wright's Chaste Wife" -- 7. The Host, the Law, and the Ambiguous Space of Medieval London Taverns -- 8. Whose Story Was This? Rape Narratives in Medieval English Courts -- 9. Men's Games, King's Deer: Poaching in Medieval England. 

Includes bibliographical references and index.