Title Common Women : Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England

Published Cary : Oxford University Press, USA, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (498 pages) Series Studies in the History of Sexuality Studies in the history of sexuality. 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 4: The Sex Trade in PracticeThe 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 Summary 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 Notes Print version record Subject Prostitution -- England -- History Prostitutes -- England -- Social conditions Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500. Prostitutes -- Social conditions Prostitution Social conditions Social history -- Medieval SUBJECT England -- Social conditions -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043312 Subject England Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780195352306 0195352300

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