Common Women: Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England

Through a sensitive use of a wide variety of imaginative and didactic texts, Ruth Karras shows that while prostitutes as individuals were marginalized within medieval culture, prostitution as an institution was central to the medieval understanding of what it meant to be a woman. This important work will be of interest to scholars and students of history, women's studies, and the history of sexuality.

• | Author: Ruth Mazo Karras
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 14, 1996
• | Number of Pages: 232 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0195062426
• | ISBN-13: 9780195062427