Medieval Prostitution (Family, Sexuality and Social Relations in Past Times) (English and Italian Edition)

By Jacques Rossiaud

Book Overview

In fifteenth-century France, public prostitution was condoned by all sectors of society. Clerics and municipal officials not only tolerated prostitution, but were often its principal beneficiaries,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631151419
• ISBN13: 9780631151418
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

an important part of women's history

This work focuses on 15th century France and the thorough subjugation of women in all walks of life. Although most prostitutes were forced into the trade, many of them enjoyed better lives, physically and socially, than 'respectable' women.