ISBN:
9780226640341
,
0226640345
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xvii, 240 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Wiesner, Merry E. [Rezension von: Otis, Leah Lydia, Prostitution in Medieval Society: The History of an Urban Institution in Languedoc] 1986
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Jay, Nancy Prostitution in Medieval Society: The History of an Urban Institution in Languedoc, by Leah Lydia Otis. Chicago, 1985. vii + 240 pp. 22.50 and The Lady and the Virgin: Image, Attitude and Experience in Twelfth-Century France. by Penny Schine Gold. Chicago, 1985. xxi + 182 pp. 20.00 1987
Series Statement:
Women in culture and society
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Otis-Cour, Leah Prostitution in medieval society
DDC:
306.74094
Keywords:
Prostitution History
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Europe
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Prostitution History
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France
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Languedoc
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Social history Medieval, 500-1500
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Prostitution Histoire
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Europe
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Histoire sociale 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
;
Prostitution Histoire
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France
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Languedoc
;
Europe
;
France
;
Languedoc
;
Prostitution History
;
Social history Medieval, 500-1500
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Prostitution History
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Historia social Medieval, 500 1500
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Prostitución Historia
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Francia
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PSYCHOLOGY ; Human Sexuality
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SELF-HELP ; Sexual Instruction
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Prostitution
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Social history ; Medieval
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Prostitutie
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Prostitution ; France ; Languedoc (France) ; Histoire ; Moyen âge
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History
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France ; Languedoc
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Europe
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Electronic books History
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Electronic books
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Hochschulschrift
Abstract:
""Prostitution in Medieval Society, a monograph about Languedoc between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, is also much more than that: it is a compelling narrative about the social construction of sexuality."" - Catharine R. Stimpson
Abstract:
3. Public Houses: Physical Plant, Ownership, and Exploitation4. Public Women: Geographical Origins; Economic, Legal, and Social Status; and the Problem of Repentance/Retirement; 5. Controlling the System: ""Police"" of Prostitution and ""Government"" of Houses; 6. Eliminating Competition: The Prosecution of Procurers, Illicit Prostitutes, and Keepers of Illegal Houses; Epilogue to Part Two: Institutionalized Prostitution: Demography, Public Utility, and Sexual Morality; Conclusions and Perspectives; Appendix A: Published Documents; Appendix B: Lists of Prostitutes
Abstract:
Appendix C: Brothel Farms and FarmersAppendix D: Graphs of Brothel Farm Prices; Appendix E: Easter Week Expenses, AM Toulouse; Map I: The Word Postribulum in Archival Documents in Languedoc; Map 2: Privately and Publicly Owned Brothels in Languedoc; Illustration; Notes; Essay on Bibliography and Sources; Manuscript Sources; Bibliography; Index
Abstract:
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Approximate Money Equivalences; Introduction; Part One: Prostitution and Public Authority: An Evolution; Prologue to Part One: Toward a Chronology of Medieval Prostitution; I. The Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Prostitution Accepted; 2. The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: Prostitution Institutionalized; Epilogue to Part One: The Sixteenth Century: The Institution Dismantled; Part Two: Structures and Dynamics of Institutionalized Prostitution; Prologue to Part Two: The Language of Prostitution
Note:
An adaptation of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1980. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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