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Prostitution in medieval society: the history of an urban institution in Languedoc

Leah Lydia Otis 1985 © University of Chicago Press
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  • 9780226640327 (hardcover)
  • 9780226640334 (paper)
  • 9780226640341 (ebook)
Subject
  • European: 400-1400
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  • Frontmatter (page N/A)
  • Foreword by Catharine R. Stimpson (page ix)
  • Preface (page xi)
  • Abbreviations (page xv)
  • Approximate Money Equivalences (page xvii)
  • Introduction (page 1)
  • PART ONE Prostitution and Public Authority: An Evolution (page 7)
  • Prologue to Part One: Toward a Chronology of Medieval Prostitution (page 9)
  • 1. The Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Prostitution Accepted (page 15)
  • 2. The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: Prostitution Institutionalized (page 25)
  • Epilogue to Part One: The Sixteenth Century: The Institution Dismantled (page 40)
  • PART TWO: Structures and Dynamics of Institutionalized Prostitution (page 47)
  • Prologue to Part Two: The Language of Prostitution (page 49)
  • 3. Public Houses: Physical Plant, Ownership, and Exploitation (page 51)
  • 4. Public Women: Geographical Origins; Economic, Legal, and Social Status; and the Problem of Repentance/Retirement (page 63)
  • 5. Controlling the System: "Police" of Prostitution and "Government" of Houses (page 77)
  • 6. Eliminating Competition: The Prosecution of Procurers, Illicit Prostitutes, and Keepers of Illegal Houses (page 89)
  • Epilogue to Part Two: Institutionalized Prostitution: Demography, Public Utility, and Sexual Morality (page 100)
  • Conclusions and Perspectives (page 111)
  • Appendix A: Published Documents (page 115)
  • Appendix B: Lists of Prostitutes (page 131)
  • Appendix C: Brothel Farms and Farmers (page 135)
  • Appendix D: Graphs of Brothel Farm Prices (page 141)
  • Easter Week Expenses, AM Toulouse (page 147)
  • Map 1: The Word Postribulum in Archival Documents in Languedoc (page 149)
  • Map 2: Privately and Publicly Owned Brothels in Languedoc (page 150)
  • Illustration (page 151)
  • Notes (page 153)
  • Essay on Bibliography and Sources (page 217)
  • Manuscript Sources (page 223)
  • Bibliography (page 227)
  • Index (page 233)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
SP 62.2 (Apr. 1987): 460-463 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0038-7134%28198704%2962%3A2%3C460%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2
CS 16.2 (Mar. 1987): 172-173 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0094-3061%28198703%2916%3A2%3C172%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R
SCJ 17.4 (Winter 1986): 508-509 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0361-0160%28198624%2917%3A4%3C508%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8
AHR 91.2 (Apr. 1986): 374-375 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28198604%2991%3A2%3C374%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X
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