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9780521026123

The Margins of Society in Late Medieval Paris

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    9780521026123

  • ISBN10:

    0521026121

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-04-27
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

This book discusses the 'marginal' people of late medieval Paris, the large and shifting group of men and women who existed on the margins of conventional organized society. Professor Geremek examines the various groups which made up the marginal world - beggars, prostitutes, procuresses and pimps, petty criminals, casual workers and the unemployed - their haunts in and around Paris, their way of life, and their relation to 'normal' society. Professor Geremek has made with this book a major contribution to the study of late medieval society which illuminates the little-known area of the medieval underworld in a fascinating and very accessible manner. Translated by Jean Birrell from the French edition of 1976, this edition includes a new introduction by Jean-Claude Schmitt, which offers a frank appraisal of the author's life and career to date.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Introduction 1(5)
Criminality and Its Social Milieu
6(38)
The marginal milieus and criminality
6(6)
Crime and punishment
12(9)
Security and the town police
21(8)
Legislation against vagabondage
29(15)
The Sources
44(22)
The Chatelet
47(6)
Seigneurial jurisdictions
53(9)
Parlement and the royal chancellery
62(4)
The Social Topography of Paris
66(29)
The topography of poverty
68(10)
The housing problem
78(4)
The centres of crime
82(5)
The sites of prostitution
87(8)
The Criminal and His Group
95(40)
The thief
95(14)
Criminal ties
109(26)
Clerks and Bohemians
135(32)
The tonsure
136(11)
The student milieu
147(12)
Jongleurs and performers
159(8)
Charity and Beggars
167(44)
The hospitals of Paris
169(10)
Charity and its recipients
179(13)
The beggars
192(19)
The World of Prostitution
211(31)
Legislation and social attitudes towards prostitution
212(3)
The prostitutes: categories and way of life
215(13)
Pimps and procuresses
228(11)
The world of prostitution and marginality
239(3)
The World of Work and the World of Crime
242(28)
Criminality and the world of work
243(10)
The role of migrations
253(10)
Traders and criminals
263(7)
The Boundaries of the Marginal World
270(30)
The general opinion: of no use to anyone
270(6)
Ways of life: factors which unite
276(12)
The crowd in social movements
288(12)
Conclusion 300(10)
Note on the original documents used for this work 310(3)
Index of persons and places 313

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