Prostitution in Medieval Society: The History of an Urban Institution in Languedoc"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 |
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Table des matières
Introduction | 1 |
Prostitution and Public Authority An Evolution | 7 |
Toward a Chronology of Medieval Prostitution | 9 |
Prostitution Accepted | 15 |
Prostitution Institutionalized | 25 |
The Sixteenth Century The Institution Dismantled | 40 |
Structures and Dynamics of Institutionalized Prostitution | 49 |
Physical Plant Ownership and Exploitation | 51 |
Lists of Prostitutes | 131 |
Brothel Farms and Farmers | 135 |
Graphs of Brothel Farm Prices | 141 |
Easter Week Expenses AM Toulouse | 147 |
The Word Postribulum in Archival Documents in Languedoc | 149 |
Privately and Publicly Owned Brothels in Languedoc | 150 |
Illustration | 151 |
Notes | 153 |
Geographical Origins Economic Legal and Social Status and the Problem of RepentanceRetirement | 63 |
Police of Prostitution and Government of Houses | 77 |
The Prosecution of Procurers Illicit Prostitutes and Keepers of Illegal Houses | 89 |
Institutionalized Prostitution Demography Public Utility and Sexual Morality | 100 |
Conclusions and Perspectives | 111 |
Published Documents | 115 |
Essay on Bibliography and Sources | 217 |
Manuscript Sources | 223 |
| 227 | |
| 233 | |
Expressions et termes fréquents
accepted activity Albi apparently archives Aries authorities Avignon Beaucaire brothel called Castelnaudary chap Church cited closed concerning considered consuls contracts council court custom dated district document droit early edited established example existed fact farm farmer femmes fifteenth century fourteenth century France hand honest illicit important included indicate institution interest Italy Item justice king ladicte Languedoc Languedocian late later letter limited Louis maison manager married medieval meretrices Middle Ages Montpellier morality mulieres municipal municipal brothel Nimes officers Paris Parlement period person problem procuring prohibited pros prostitution Protestant public house published punishment quod red-light references repairs repentant residents Roman royal running Saint seems seen sexual similar sisters sixteenth social society sources statutes street term thirteenth tion tolerated Toulouse town walls woman women
Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | Prostitution in Medieval Society: The History of an Urban Institution in Languedoc Women in Culture and Society |
| Auteur | Leah Lydia Otis |
| Éditeur | University of Chicago Press, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0226640345, 9780226640341 |
| Longueur | 258 pages |
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