Medieval prostitution
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Medieval prostitution
（Family, sexuality and social relations in past times）
Blackwell, 1988
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Prostituzione nel medioevo
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Translation of: La prostituzione nel Medioevo
Includes index
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ISBN 9780631151418
内容説明
In 15th-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, owning and frequenting brothels quite openly. The explanation of this remarkable state of affairs is one topic covered in this book, which reconstructs a part of medieval society that has previously received relatively little attention. Drawing upon research in medieval archives, the author shows that most 15th-century Frenchwomen could expect a life of constant subjugation to male desire. Rape was common and considered a minor crime. He then considers whether public prostitution might paradoxically have been seen by the secular and religious authorities as a means of social control, and of preserving marital stability: the virtue of wives and daughters was best protected by the existence of public brothels, where sexual urges could be satisfied without adultery and rape. The book describes the social background of the prostitutes, brothel-keepers, pimps and their clientele, showing that for many of those involved in it prostitution was an acceptable occupation.
目次
- Part 1 Prostitution, youth and society in the cities of south-east France in the 15th Century: the structures and scope of urban prostitution
- sexual order, the subversion of youth and mediating institutions - sexual violence, matrimonial order, age groups, collective rites and mediating institutions, mediating functions
- the prey and their fates - victims, procuresses and prostitutes, the consequences of rape, procuration and pimping, prostitutes "secret" and public
- prostitution and society - clientele (the young and the not so young), prostitution and collective mindsets. Part 2 First appearances: inherent possibilities virtualities
- nature besieged
- nature triumphant
- disorder and penitence
- backward glances. Appendix: The evolution of mores and literary translation or the quarrel of the "Roman de la Rose".
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: pbk ISBN 9780631199922
内容説明
In 15th-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, owning and frequenting brothels quite openly. The explanation of this remarkable state of affairs is just one aspect of this book's reconstruction of a part of medieval society that has previously received little attention. Drawing upon extensive research in medieval archives, this book shows that most 15th-century Frenchwomen could expect a life of constant subjugation to male desire. Rape, for instance, was common and considered only a minor crime. It then considers whether public prostitution might paradoxically have been seen by the secular and religious authorities as a means of social control, and of preserving marital stability: the virtue of wives and daughters was best protected by the existence of public brothels, where sexual urges could be satisfied without adultery or rape. Jacques Rossiaud also describes the social background of the prostitutes, brothel-keepers, pimps and their clientele, providing an overview of the context in which medieval prostitution existed.
This book should be of interest to medieval historians, as well as to students of the history of the family and sexuality.
目次
- Part 1 Prostitutions, youth and society: urban prostitution
- sexual order and the subversion of youth
- victims, procuresses and the prostitutes
- prostitution and society. Part 2 Prostitution and the evolution of social attitudes: the relaxation in social mores
- a victory of the flesh
- nature besieged by war and pestilence
- the "cult of the good time" and the theme of the compassionate Christ
- urban disorder and the preaching missions
- a summing up - prostitution as a mirror image of the city.
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