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Author Otis-Cour, Leah, author.

Title Prostitution in medieval society : the history of an urban institution in Languedoc / Leah Lydia Otis
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1985

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 240 pages)
Series Women in culture and society
Women in culture and society.
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
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
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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Subject Prostitution -- Europe -- History
Prostitution -- France -- Languedoc -- History
Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500
Sex Work -- history
PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction.
Prostitution
Social history -- Medieval
Prostitutie.
Prostitution -- France -- Languedoc (France) -- Histoire -- Moyen âge.
Europe
France -- Languedoc
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 84016184
ISBN 9780226640341
0226640345
9786612070099
6612070099
1282070096
9781282070097