Public Humiliation and moral regulation Flashcards
What factors caused public humiliation to rise?
- War
- Vagrancy
- Plague
- Rapid population growth
Why were punishments carried out in public places?
To deter people from comitting crime/witchcraft
Who were more likely to be humiliated?
Women
What crimes did women commit?
Scolding (gossiping), prostitution, and adultery
What was ‘Skimmingtons’ used for?
When the wife had been domineering over the husband
What was ‘Skimmingtons’?
Male had to ride horse backwards if they had been cuckholded, and hit by a ladle
- Women walk through streets bareheaded
What was the French word for Skimmingtons?
Charivari
What happened if you committed petty crime?
You’d placed in the village stocks - humiliating
What was used to punish prozzies?
Ducking stool
What happened for more serious crimes?
The convict would be branded
What sites in London did public execution take place?
Tyburn and Smithfield
What immoral behaviours were on the rise?
Drinking, gambling, prostituion
What religion was behind the campaign to stop immorality?
Puritanism
Who tried to place stricter controls on public behaviour?
The Council of Trent (Catholic)
Why did Protestants attack festivals?
Saw them as pagan and associated with Catholic saints, was a distraction from work/church
