Common Women

Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England

Nonfiction, History, Medieval, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&, British
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Author: Ruth Mazo Karras ISBN: 9780190284220
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: April 23, 1998
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Ruth Mazo Karras
ISBN: 9780190284220
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: April 23, 1998
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

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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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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