The burgher and the whore prostitution in early modern Amsterdam
List of illustrationsIntroduction -- Prostitution and whoredom -- The sources -- About this edition -- 1. 'Amsterdam is the academy of whoredom': prostitutes, brothels, and music houses -- 2. 'Whores and scoundrels always talk of their honour': honour, prostitution, and the respe...
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Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford University Press
2011
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | List of illustrationsIntroduction -- Prostitution and whoredom -- The sources -- About this edition -- 1. 'Amsterdam is the academy of whoredom': prostitutes, brothels, and music houses -- 2. 'Whores and scoundrels always talk of their honour': honour, prostitution, and the respectable citizenry -- 3. 'The caterpillar in a cabbage, the canker in the leg': attitudes to prostitution, prostitutes, and women -- 4. 'The world cannot be governed with a Bible in the hand': prosecution policies and their background -- 5. 'The devil! I must have money for this': the dark side of prosecution policy -- 6. 'Birds of a feather flock together': prostitutes, clients, and seafaring -- 7. 'Miraculous tricks, to earn a living by idling': sex for money and money for sex -- Notes -- Appendix 1. Contemporary writers on Amsterdam music houses and prostitution -- Appendix 2. Trials for prostitution in Amsterdam by decade, 1650-1749 -- Appendix 3. Dutch currency of the early modern period -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | vii, 269, [8] Seiten Illustrationen 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780199211401 978-0-19-921140-1 019921140X 0-19-921140-X |