Chapter 1 “The destruction of vices, and the savinge of menne”: Reading Utopia and the 1547–49 Vagrancy Act at the Origins of the House of Correction

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Reading Utopia and the 1547–49 Vagrancy Act at the Origins of the House of Correction

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Ritger, Matthew. "Chapter 1 “The destruction of vices, and the savinge of menne”: Reading Utopia and the 1547–49 Vagrancy Act at the Origins of the House of Correction". Houses of Correction: Carceral Institutions and Humanist Culture in Early Modern England, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2026, pp. 29-64. https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512829006-003

Ritger, M. (2026). Chapter 1 “The destruction of vices, and the savinge of menne”: Reading Utopia and the 1547–49 Vagrancy Act at the Origins of the House of Correction. In Houses of Correction: Carceral Institutions and Humanist Culture in Early Modern England (pp. 29-64). University of Pennsylvania Press. https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512829006-003

Ritger, M. 2026. Chapter 1 “The destruction of vices, and the savinge of menne”: Reading Utopia and the 1547–49 Vagrancy Act at the Origins of the House of Correction. Houses of Correction: Carceral Institutions and Humanist Culture in Early Modern England. University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 29-64. https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512829006-003

Ritger, Matthew. "Chapter 1 “The destruction of vices, and the savinge of menne”: Reading Utopia and the 1547–49 Vagrancy Act at the Origins of the House of Correction" In Houses of Correction: Carceral Institutions and Humanist Culture in Early Modern England, 29-64. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2026. https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512829006-003

Ritger M. Chapter 1 “The destruction of vices, and the savinge of menne”: Reading Utopia and the 1547–49 Vagrancy Act at the Origins of the House of Correction. In: Houses of Correction: Carceral Institutions and Humanist Culture in Early Modern England. University of Pennsylvania Press; 2026. p.29-64. https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512829006-003

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Notes on the Text ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 “The destruction of vices, and the savinge of menne” 29
Chapter 2 “The House of Correction, is the School of Instruction” 65
Chapter 3 Jurisdictions of “Correction, and Instruction” on Shakespeare’s Stage 100
Chapter 4 “If the whole Countrey were but such a Bridewell” 137
Chapter 5 Milton’s Reader, Thomas Ellwood, and the “Literary Worke-house” 163
Conclusion 197
Notes 209
Bibliography 247
Index 265
Acknowledgments 275

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Notes on the Text ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 “The destruction of vices, and the savinge of menne” 29
Chapter 2 “The House of Correction, is the School of Instruction” 65
Chapter 3 Jurisdictions of “Correction, and Instruction” on Shakespeare’s Stage 100
Chapter 4 “If the whole Countrey were but such a Bridewell” 137
Chapter 5 Milton’s Reader, Thomas Ellwood, and the “Literary Worke-house” 163
Conclusion 197
Notes 209
Bibliography 247
Index 265
Acknowledgments 275

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