Prostitution in Medieval Society: The History of an Urban Institution in LanguedocUniversity of Chicago Press, 15 févr. 2009 - 258 pages "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 |
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 |
Bibliography | 227 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
account books adultery Albi Alès archives Arles aultres autres Avignon Beaucaire bordel brothel farm Carcassonne carreria Castel Joyos Castelnaudary Castres chap Church concubinage consuls council court Coutumes custom dated dudict early estuves farmer femmes fifteenth century filhes Foix fornication fourteenth century France Haute Garonne Histoire hostal Hot Street houses of prostitution illicit prostitutes institutionalized prostitution Item king ladicte Languedoc Languedocian Languedocian towns late Middle Ages Livre Lodève Louis lupanar maison married medieval meretrices Montpellier moyen âge mulieres municipal brothel Narbonne Nîmes Occitanian officers ordinance Pamiers Paris Parlement Parlement of Toulouse pena period Pézenas Pileur police regulations policy on prostitution postribulum procuring prohibited prosti prostitution Prostituzione public house public women publique Published document punishment quod red-light district references repentant sisters residents Roman Rossiaud royal Saint sexual morality siècle sixteenth social society statutes street thirteenth century tion titution Toulousan Toulouse Uzès woman