Common Woman to Commodity: Changing Perceptions of Prostitution in Early Modern England, C. 1450-1750
The study of prostitution in early modern England is often informed by incorrect terminology. The modern historiographical use of the term “prostitute” is misleading, as the term did not appear until the sixteenth century, and the act of selling sex did not come to dominate understandings of whored...
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| Language: | en |
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/14359 |