Common Women Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England

Name: Common Women Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England
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ISBN: 9780195124989

ISBN-10: 0195124987

ISBN-13: 9780195124989

Edition: 1998 (Reprint)

Authors: Ruth Mazo Karras

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"Commom women" in medieval England were prostitutes, whose distinguishingfeature was not that they took money for sex but that they belonged to all menin common. Common Women: Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England tellsthe stories of these women's lives: their entrance into the trade because ofpoor job and marriage prospects or because of seduction or rape; theirexperiences as streetwalkers, brothel workers or the medieval equivalent of callgirls; their customers, from poor apprentices to priests to wealthy foreignmerchants; and their relations with those among whom they lived.Common Women crosses the boundary from social to cultural history by asking notonly about the experiences…

Book details

List price: $83.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/23/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.10" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction: Common Women, Prostitutes, and Whores



Prostitution and the Law



Brothels, Licit and Illicit



Becoming a Prostitute



The Sex Trade in Practice



Marriage, Sexuality, and Marginality



Saints and Sinners


Conclusion: Sexuality, Money, and the Whore


Notes


Bibliography


Index