Mother Clap's Molly House: The Gay Subculture in England, 1700-1830GMP, 1992 - 302 Seiten This pioneering historical study is the first comprehensive chronicle of the English gay community at its 18th-century roots, sporting for the first time a distinctive subculture with its "molly houses", "sodomites' walks", "maiden names" and gay slang. Rictor Norton's research into trial records and contemporary documents establishes a vital cornerstone for the reconstruction of gay history. Challenging in its demonstration that the molly subculture was primarily a working-class community of blacksmiths, milkmen, publicans and shopkeepers, Mother Clap's Molly House also records the exuberant lives of personalities such as Charles Hitchin the "thief-taker", the dramatists Samuel Foote and Isaac Bickerstaff, William Beckford of Fonthill, and Rev. John Church, prosecuted for his blessing of gay marriages. All these are set against a backdrop of persecution, blackmail and the pillory. And yes, "Mother Clap's" actually was the name of a prominent molly house! |
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... English ships that were returning to Port Mahon in the Mediterranean . They engaged and captured her , and towed the badly damaged ship into port . The ' second captain ' of the Toulouse turned out to be none other than Edward Rigby ...
... English ships that were returning to Port Mahon in the Mediterranean . They engaged and captured her , and towed the badly damaged ship into port . The ' second captain ' of the Toulouse turned out to be none other than Edward Rigby ...
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... English Roast Beef . According to the author of Plain Reasons for the Growth of Sodomy ( a separate section of five chapters appended to Satan's Harvest Home , 1749 , probably by a different author ) , such effeminacy / homosexuality ...
... English Roast Beef . According to the author of Plain Reasons for the Growth of Sodomy ( a separate section of five chapters appended to Satan's Harvest Home , 1749 , probably by a different author ) , such effeminacy / homosexuality ...
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... English Aristophanes ' is nevertheless in order , if only to chart the progress of homophobia in the late eighteenth century . Samuel Foote , a native of Cornwall , was baptised on 27 January 1720 , and in due course sent to study law ...
... English Aristophanes ' is nevertheless in order , if only to chart the progress of homophobia in the late eighteenth century . Samuel Foote , a native of Cornwall , was baptised on 27 January 1720 , and in due course sent to study law ...
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Introduction | 9 |
Queen James and His Courtiers 15 1992 | 15 |
The Birth of the Subculture | 32 |
Urheberrecht | |
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