In the Clink

BURFORD,E.J.

New English Library

Wits, Wenchers and Wantons -- London's Low Life: Covent Garden in the Eighteenth Century

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A scandalous and sumptuously illustrated history of the Royal parish of St James's in London from earliest times to the heyday of the Regency. Bordered by Piccadilly, Whitehall and St James's Park, fashionable St James's became a byword for extravagant living in Restoration England. Street by street, E. J. Burford recalls the affairs of the peers and procuresses, princes and pimps who once lived there. In fascinating detail, he records the sexual manners of a less inhibited age: the 'Nunneries' opposite the Royal Palace of St James's where country maids fell to whoring, the corners where cherrysellers and Tiddy Doll men (gingerbread sellers) displayed their wares. Working from unpublished documents, broadsheets, letters, ballads and cartoons by Gillray and Rowlandson, the author colourfully portrays the astonishing variety of the little world of St James's. He describes the longstanding rivalry between the Beaux and Bloods of the great Georgian clubs of White's, Boodle's and Crockford's and the often harsh lives of the neighbourhood's poorer inhabitants. In this new classic of social history, E. J. Burford has written a welcome companion to his highly successful history of Covent Garden, Wits, Wenchers and Wantons.

Royal St. James's: Being a Story of Kings, Clubmen, and Courtesans

Robert Hale Limited

This illustrated history takes a humorous look at the sleazy, riotous life of London's square mile. Original investigations into unpublished documents, broadsheets, letters and ballads reveal the scandalous affairs of old London town.

London, the synfulle citie

History

Europe

R. Hale

Situated on the Bishop of Winchester's land, and a source of some profit for the Church, the Bankside brothels attracted many and helped to make Southwark the pleasure-garden of London. This book links the brothels with events and personalities familiar to every student of English history, more importantly, however, the author delves into contemporary source material to produce a chronicle of a country's changing sexual climate.

The Bishop's Brothels

Robert Hale, Ltd.

The authors describe how and why over a thousand years, by both law and custom, British women were pilloried, executed and transported and made to undergo a host of savage humiliations contrived by masculine ingenuity. In tracing the roots of these punishments and the ancient prejudices against women, this book reveals why man chose to inflict such suffering on those without political or economic power, whose "crimes" often resulted from society regarding women as mentally ond morally inferior. This book is of interest to anyone who questions why, as the year 2000 approaches, and despite the vote and laws supposedly outlawing sexual discrimination, the legal system may still treat women more severely than men.

Of Bridles and Burnings

Politics & Social Sciences

Shulman, Sandra

Social Sciences

London: The Synfulle Citie

2001 trade edition paperback fine condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Royal St James's: Being a Story of Kings, Clubmen and Courtesans

A Look at London Lechery from Roman to Cromwellian Times

The Orrible Synne: A Look at London Lechery from Roman to Cromwellian Times

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Marion Boyars

Drawing on a wealth of contemporary source material, a fascinating social history of how commercial sex has been bought and sold in London for more than 1,000 years. The Bankside Brothels, or "stewes," were a celebrated feature of London life since Roman times. Located on the south side of the River Thames, in the Bishop of Winchester’s "Liberty of the Clink," they were a highly lucrative source of revenue for the Church. In AD 1161 a royal decree ordered that these establishments be licensed and regulated. For many years they attracted the great and the not-so-good, helping to make Southwark the "pleasure-garden" of London. But who were the people of the Bankside Brothels? What living conditions did they have to endure? How did women cope with the constant threat of violence, unwanted pregnancy, and venereal disease? The streets of Southwark and those who walked them are vividly brought to life in this richly researched exploration of the history of this stretch of the Thames over the centuries. Through the stories of those who lived and worked in this fascinating part of London, we can begin to gain an understanding of a crucial but hitherto neglected aspect of the social history of England.

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In the Clink

Wits, Wenchers and Wantons -- London's Low Life: Covent Garden in the Eighteenth Century

Royal St. James's: Being a Story of Kings, Clubmen, and Courtesans

London, the synfulle citie

The Bishop's Brothels

Of Bridles and Burnings

London: The Synfulle Citie

Royal St James's: Being a Story of Kings, Clubmen and Courtesans

The Orrible Synne: A Look at London Lechery from Roman to Cromwellian Times

The Bishop's Brothels