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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... Select Trials for Murders , Robberies , Rape , Sodomy ... To which are added Genuine Accounts of the Lives ... of the most eminent Convicts . From the year 1720 to 1724 [ and 1724 to 1732 ] ( London , 1734–35 ) , 2 vols .; Select Trials ...
... Select Trials for Murders , Robberies , Rape , Sodomy ... To which are added Genuine Accounts of the Lives ... of the most eminent Convicts . From the year 1720 to 1724 [ and 1724 to 1732 ] ( London , 1734–35 ) , 2 vols .; Select Trials ...
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... Select Trials ( 1734–1735 ) , 2.39-45 ; also in Select Trials ( 1742-1743 ) , 1.315- 316 , Select Trials ( 1742 ) , 1.329–330 , and Proceedings . . . at the Old Bailey , 1st Sessions , December 1730 , p . 8 . 9. The Weekly Journal , 7 ...
... Select Trials ( 1734–1735 ) , 2.39-45 ; also in Select Trials ( 1742-1743 ) , 1.315- 316 , Select Trials ( 1742 ) , 1.329–330 , and Proceedings . . . at the Old Bailey , 1st Sessions , December 1730 , p . 8 . 9. The Weekly Journal , 7 ...
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... Select Trials ( 1734–1735 ) , 1.150-151 ; also in Select Trials ( 1742 ) , 1.152–153 , and Select Trials ( 1742-1743 , 2nd ed . ) , 1.158-160 . See also The Tyburn Chron- icle : or , Villainy Display'd ( 1769 ) , vol . 1 , pp . 386-388 ...
... Select Trials ( 1734–1735 ) , 1.150-151 ; also in Select Trials ( 1742 ) , 1.152–153 , and Select Trials ( 1742-1743 , 2nd ed . ) , 1.158-160 . See also The Tyburn Chron- icle : or , Villainy Display'd ( 1769 ) , vol . 1 , pp . 386-388 ...
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Introduction | 9 |
Queen James and His Courtiers 15 1992 | 15 |
The Birth of the Subculture | 32 |
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