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Common Women : Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England.
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cary :
Oxford University Press, USA,
1996.
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| Colección: | Studies in the history of sexuality.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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