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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... lived and kept a school . The area to the north of the Tower , from the Minories to Aldgate , was the haunt of George Duffus ( whose case will be detailed in Chapter 6 ) . Duffus regularly made pick - ups at a meeting- house in Old ...
... lived and kept a school . The area to the north of the Tower , from the Minories to Aldgate , was the haunt of George Duffus ( whose case will be detailed in Chapter 6 ) . Duffus regularly made pick - ups at a meeting- house in Old ...
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... lived with his wife and protégé.20 His homosexuality is alluded to in some verse by Churchill : ' Trust not to Marriage , in Mankind unread ; / S [ ackville ] ' s a married man , and S [ troud ] new wed . " 21 Peregrine Bertie , Duke of ...
... lived with his wife and protégé.20 His homosexuality is alluded to in some verse by Churchill : ' Trust not to Marriage , in Mankind unread ; / S [ ackville ] ' s a married man , and S [ troud ] new wed . " 21 Peregrine Bertie , Duke of ...
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... lived separately at their other house in Gloucester Place . Apparently the Lord and Lady shared the same house for only three nights after their marriage , and lived apart ever since . Neri had been a waiter at William Newton's Cocoa ...
... lived separately at their other house in Gloucester Place . Apparently the Lord and Lady shared the same house for only three nights after their marriage , and lived apart ever since . Neri had been a waiter at William Newton's Cocoa ...
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Queen James and His Courtiers | 15 |
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The Sodomites Walk in Moorfields | 70 |
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