Medievalists.net » Prostitution http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Movie Review: Dangerous Beauty http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/28/movie-review-dangerous-beauty/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/28/movie-review-dangerous-beauty/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:38:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60571 Late 16th century Venice, where a woman can be a nun, a wife or a courtesan. For Veronica Franco, the free spirited girl scorned by because of her lack of wealth, the choice is an obvious one...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/28/movie-review-dangerous-beauty/feed/ 0 Prostitution in the Medieval City http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/21/prostitution-in-the-medieval-city/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/21/prostitution-in-the-medieval-city/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:20:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59893 Prostitution was a vice that was was considered a necessary evil because of "men’s lust". Ecclesiastics felt that if brothels weren’t available to men in cities, they would find other inappropriate outlets for their entertainment. In an effort to curb potential problems, civic officials permitted prostitution to function within the city walls so long as it was regulated and turned a profit.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/21/prostitution-in-the-medieval-city/feed/ 0 Pigs and Prostitutes: Streetwalking in Comparative Perspective http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/28/pigs-and-prostitutes-streetwalking-in-comparative-perspective/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/28/pigs-and-prostitutes-streetwalking-in-comparative-perspective/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2015 23:45:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59281 'No one shall keep pigs which go in the streets by day or night, nor shall any prostitute stay in the city.'

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/28/pigs-and-prostitutes-streetwalking-in-comparative-perspective/feed/ 0 Topography of Prostitution in Renaissance Ferrara http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/08/topography-prostitution-renaissance-ferrara/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/08/topography-prostitution-renaissance-ferrara/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2015 20:06:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56688 On any given morning in 1471, the prostitute Giovanna of Venice, then resident of a Ferrarese brothel on Via Malborghetto, might have contemplated with resignation the options open to her for a day on the town.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/08/topography-prostitution-renaissance-ferrara/feed/ 0 From the street to the brothel: following the go-between http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/13/from-the-street-to-the-brothel-following-the-go-between/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/13/from-the-street-to-the-brothel-following-the-go-between/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2014 03:54:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51099 Associated to the practice of gossip, bartering, display and selling of her trinkets around neighborhoods and streets, the old woman was allowed into the female domestic spaces of late medieval Europe.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/13/from-the-street-to-the-brothel-following-the-go-between/feed/ 0 Were Medieval Prostitutes Marginals? Evidence from Sluis, 1387-1440 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/04/medieval-prostitutes-marginals-evidence-sluis-1387-1440/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/04/medieval-prostitutes-marginals-evidence-sluis-1387-1440/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2014 18:42:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50886 How convincing is the idea that all prostitutes had common, inalienable characteristics? How convincing is the view that prostitutes formed a distinct and clearly identifiable group?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/04/medieval-prostitutes-marginals-evidence-sluis-1387-1440/feed/ 0 The Cross-dressing Women of Medieval London http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/03/cross-dressing-women-medieval-london/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/03/cross-dressing-women-medieval-london/#comments Sat, 03 May 2014 23:30:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49364 Women going around dressed as men, wearing men's hats, and even having their hair cut short, was not an acceptable practice in medieval society. However, in late medieval London there were at least 13 cases of women accused of doing just that.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/03/cross-dressing-women-medieval-london/feed/ 0 Theodora, Aetius of Amida, and Procopius: Some Possible Connections http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/theodora-aetius-of-amida-and-procopius-some-possible-connections/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/theodora-aetius-of-amida-and-procopius-some-possible-connections/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:52:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46154 Behind the purported facts of Theodora’s career as a common prostitute and later as empress are the hidden details of what we might call feminine pharmacology: what were the drugs used by prostitutes and call-girls in sixth-century Byzan- tium? Were there ordinary pharmaceuticals employed by such professionals to stay in business?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/theodora-aetius-of-amida-and-procopius-some-possible-connections/feed/ 0 Mary Magdalene, Partner or Prostitute: An in-depth study of the transformation of Mary Magdalene in church history http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/15/mary-magdalene-partner-or-prostitute-an-in-depth-study-of-the-transformation-of-mary-magdalene-in-church-history/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/15/mary-magdalene-partner-or-prostitute-an-in-depth-study-of-the-transformation-of-mary-magdalene-in-church-history/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:07:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44905 I will examine current popular fictional and non-fictional works that assert the resurrection of Mary Magdalene, her position in the Christian story and her authority.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/15/mary-magdalene-partner-or-prostitute-an-in-depth-study-of-the-transformation-of-mary-magdalene-in-church-history/feed/ 0 The Bankside Stews: Prostitution in London 1161-1546 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/04/the-bankside-stews-prostitution-in-london-1161-1546/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/04/the-bankside-stews-prostitution-in-london-1161-1546/#comments Sun, 04 Aug 2013 20:43:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42616 Although historians frequently associate prostitution with a number of social, political and cultural concerns, including society's attitudes toward both women and sexuality, and the spread of venereal disease, remarkably few have made it the central focus of their inquiries.

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