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- catalog abstract ""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!"--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b3848499.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description ""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!"--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-292) and index.".
- catalog extent "302 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mother Clap's molly house.".
- catalog identifier "0854491880".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mother Clap's molly house.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : GMP ; East Haven, CT, USA : Distributed in North America by InBook,".
- catalog relation "Mother Clap's molly house.".
- catalog spatial "England London".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "Gay men England History.".
- catalog subject "Gay men England London History.".
- catalog subject "Gay men England London Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "Gay men England Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "Gays England History.".
- catalog subject "HQ76.3.G7 N68 1992".
- catalog subject "Homosexuality England History.".
- catalog title "Mother Clap's molly house : the gay subculture in England, 1700-1830 / Rictor Norton.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".