Carnal Commerce in Counter-Reformation Rome
Tessa (University of Leicester) Storey
Cambridge University Press, 2008
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Using archival sources, this lively study sheds new light on the daily lives and material culture of ordinary prostitutes and their clients in Rome after the Counter-Reformation. It explores how and why women became prostitutes, the relationships between prostitutes and clients, and the wealth which potentially could be accumulated.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521844338
- ISBN-10
- 0521844339
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2008
- Publication date
- 2008-02-21
- Pages
- 316
- Dimensions
- 234x160x23
- Weight
- 640