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000684795 1001_ $$aKarras, Ruth Mazo,$$d1957-
000684795 24510 $$aCommon women :$$bprostitution and sexuality in Medieval England /$$cRuth Mazo Karras.
000684795 260__ $$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$c1996.
000684795 300__ $$aviii, 221 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000684795 4901_ $$aStudies in the history of sexuality
000684795 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-213) and index.
000684795 50500 $$tIntroduction: Common Women, Prostitutes, and Whores --$$tProstitution and the Law --$$tBrothels, Licit and Illicit --$$tBecoming a Prostitute --$$tThe Sex Trade in Practice --$$tMarriage, Sexuality, and Marginality --$$tSaints and Sinners --$$tConclusion: Sexuality, Money, and the Whore.
000684795 520__ $$a"Common women" in medieval England were prostitutes, whose distinguishing feature was not that they took money for sex but that they belonged to all men in common. Common Women: Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England tells the stories of these women's lives: their entrance into the trade because of poor job and marriage prospects or because of seduction or rape; their experiences as street-walkers, brothel workers or the medieval equivalent of call girls; their customers, from poor apprentices to priests to wealthy foreign merchants; and their relations with those among whom they lived. 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.
000684795 650_0 $$aProstitution$$zEngland$$xHistory.
000684795 650_0 $$aProstitutes$$zEngland$$xSocial conditions.
000684795 651_0 $$aEngland$$xSocial conditions$$y1066-1485.
000684795 830_0 $$aStudies in the history of sexuality.
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