Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 240 pages) |
Series |
Women in culture and society |
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Women in culture and society.
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Contents |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Summary |
""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 |
Analysis |
France Languedoc Women Prostitution, 1100-1600 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Prostitution -- Europe -- History
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Prostitution -- France -- Languedoc -- History
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Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500
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Sex Work -- history
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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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Europe
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France -- Languedoc
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
84016184 |
ISBN |
9780226640341 |
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0226640345 |
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9786612070099 |
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6612070099 |
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1282070096 |
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9781282070097 |
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