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Common Women: Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England (Studies in the History of Sexuality)

By Ruth Mazo Karras

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
1996
ISBN
0195124987, 9780195124989, 9781423760207
LCC
HQ186.A5K37 1996
Open Library ID
OL7388632M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15834523 bytes)
Pages
232\232
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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