ISBN:
128238418X
,
9781282384187
,
9780195352306
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 221 p)
,
ill
Series Statement:
Studies in the history of sexuality
Series Statement:
Studies in the History of Sexuality Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version Common Women : Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England
DDC:
306.74/0942
Keywords:
Prostitutes Social conditions
;
Prostitution History
;
Social conditions
;
Electronic books
;
England Social conditions 1066-1485
Abstract:
Through a sensitive use of a wide variety of imaginative and didactic texts, Ruth Karras shows that while prostitutes as individuals were marginalized within medieval culture, prostitution as an institution was central to the medieval understanding of what it meant to be a woman. This important work will be of interest to scholars and students of history, women's studies, and the history of sexuality
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction: Common Women, Prostitutes, and Whores""; ""1: Prostitution and the Law""; ""Urban Regulation""; ""Rural Prostitution""; ""Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction""; ""Law, Morality, and Gender""; ""2: Brothels, Licit and Illicit""; ""European Practice""; ""Institutionalized Brothels in England""; ""Brothel Ownership and Management""; ""3: Becoming a Prostitute""; ""Demographic Patterns and Economic Opportunities""; ""Origins and Occupations""; ""Recruitment""
Description / Table of Contents:
""4: The Sex Trade in Practice""""The Careers of Prostitutes""; ""Varieties of Prostitution""; ""Customers and Fees""; ""Marriage and Children""; ""5: Marriage, Sexuality, and Marginality""; ""Class, Marriage, and Sexual Behavior""; ""Secular Literature and the Commodification of Sexuality""; ""The Prostitute and the Community""; ""6: Saints and Sinners""; ""The Church, Gender, and Sin""; ""Religious Images of the Whore""; ""Harlot Saints and Financial Exchange""; ""Conclusion: Sexuality, Money, and the Whore""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-213) and index
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