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The spirits of Crossbones Graveyard : time, ritual, and sexual commerce in London / Sondra L. Hausner.

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Every month, a ragtag group of Londoners gather in the site known as Crossbones Graveyard to commemorate the souls of medieval prostitutes believed to be buried there'the "Winchester Geese," women who were under the protection of the Church but denied Christian burial. In the Borough...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Hausner, Sondra L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Prostitution > England > London > History.
Prostitution > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Prostitutes > England > London > Death and burial.
Prostitution.
England > London.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; The Spirits of Crossbones Graveyard; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; INTRODUCTION Set and Setting ; ONE The Myth of the Winchester Goose ; TWO Medieval Bankside ; THREE Shamanism and the Ritual Oscillation of Time ; FOUR The Virgin Queen and the English Nation ; FIVE Southwark, Then and Now.
  • CONCLUSION Making the Present EPILOGUE Crossbones Garden ; PERMISSIONS FOR TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS ; NOTES ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX.

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