Common Women [[electronic resource] ] : Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England

• Autore: Karras Ruth Mazo
• Pubblicazione: Cary, : Oxford University Press, 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.740942
• Soggetto topico: Electronic books. -- local; England -- Social conditions -- 1066-1485; Prostitutes -- England -- Social conditions; Prostitution -- England -- History; Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction: Common Women, Prostitutes, and Whores; 1 Prostitution and the Law; 2 Brothels, Licit and Illicit; 3 Becoming a Prostitute; 4 The Sex Trade in Practice; 5 Marriage, Sexuality, and Marginality; 6 Saints and Sinners; Conclusion: Sexuality, Money, and the Whore; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 will be of interest to scholars and students of history, women's studies, and the history of sexuality.
• Titolo autorizzato: Common women
• ISBN: 0-19-028422-6; 1-282-38418-X; 9786612384189; 1-4237-6020-4; 0-19-535230-0; 1-60256-321-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784672703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in the History of Sexuality