Common women : prostitution and sexuality in Medieval England

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Common women : prostitution and sexuality in Medieval England

Ruth Mazo Karras

(Studies in the history of sexuality / Judith Brown and Guido Ruggiero, general editors)

Oxford University Press, 1996

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-213) and index

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A "common woman" in medieval England was a prostitute, distinguished as such less for taking money for sex than for belonging to all men in common. Karras's book tells the story of these women, their experiences, relations, and treatment under the law, and concludes that prostitution was central to the medieval understanding of feminity.

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