AskHistorians Podcast 078 - Society for the Reformation of Manners
The AskHistorians Podcast · AskHistorians Podcast
January 20, 20171h 3m
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Show Notes
AnnalsPornographie discusses morality and immorality in late 16th and 17th Century England, as urbanization, population increase, and a growing middle class combined to form new approaches to controlling the morality of society. We discuss the debauchery of the court of Charles II, the moral backlash of the Glorious Revolution, and finally delve deep into the workings of the Society for the Reformation of Manners before reflecting on more modern debates over obscenity. (63min)