This section of the paper is dedicated to discussing Hanawalt’s main supporting arguments and her supporting evidence. The thesis of Hanawalt’s is that within medieval English society, good and ill repute influenced people’s lives. To provide proof to Hanawalt’s thesis, she wrote multiple essays on events within medieval society, connected the information and then compiled them into her book. What each essay and event has in common, is that they all demonstrate the power of reputation within medieval society. Chapter eight is a critical chapter because it demonstrates an encounter in which reputation is an important factor. Within chapter eight, a young girl and her rapist’s reputations are challenged against each other. One’s reputation can