Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9761
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Goldberg , P. J. P.
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  • Title: Pigs and Prostitutes: Streetwalking in Comparative Perspective [The author compares late medieval English practice with the southern European approach of the civic brothel].
  • Source: Young Medieval Women.  Edited by Katherine J. Lewis, Noel James Menuge, and Kim M. Phillips.  St. Martin's Press, 1999.  Pages 172 - 193.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Houses of Prostitution Prostitutes Work
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: General
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  • Related Resources: The theme of personal choice and freedom also echoes through P.J.P. Goldberg's re-examination of prostitution. Just as there was a northwestern marriage pattern that was distinguishable from a southern/Mediterranean model, Goldberg argues there were diffe
  • Author's Affiliation: University of York
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0312221304