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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Karras, Ruth Mazo
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cary : Oxford University Press, USA, 1996.
Series:	Studies in the history of sexuality.
Subjects:	500-1500 Prostitution > England > History. Prostitutes > England > Social conditions. Social history > Medieval, 500-1500. Prostitutes > Social conditions Prostitution Social conditions Social history > Medieval England > Social conditions > 1066-1485. England History
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of 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

Common Women : Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England.

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