Tessa Storey

Carnal Commerce in Counter-Reformation Rome

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Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the period 1566-1656, this original and lively study sheds new light on the daily lives and material culture of ordinary prostitutes and their clients in Rome after the Counter-Reformation. Tessa Storey uses a range of archival sources, including criminal records, letters, courtroom testimonies, images and popular and elite literature, to reveal issues of especial concern to contemporaries. In particular, she explores how and why women became prostitutes, the relationships between prostitutes and clients, and the wealth which potentially could be accumulated. Notarial documents provide a unique perspective on the economics and material culture of prostitution, showing what could be earned and how prostitutes dressed and furnished their homes. The book challenges traditional assumptions about the success of post-Tridentine reforms on Roman prostitution, revealing that despite energetic attempts at social disciplining by the Counter-Reformation Popes, prostitution continued to flourish, and to provide a lucrative living for many women.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 668g
• ISBN-13: 9780521844338
• ISBN-10: 0521844339
• Artikelnr.: 23073709

Autorenporträt

Tessa Storey is a Research Associate at the Department of History, University of Leicester.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of maps
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Notes on the text
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Themes and issues in literature and image
2. The social and cultural context
3. Debating prostitution
4. Policing prostitution
5. A profile of Roman prostitutes
6. Becoming a prostitute
7. The business of prostitution
8. At home
9. 'Because we are all of the flesh': prostitutes and their clients
Conclusion. Continuity and change: prostitution after the Reformations
Appendix 1. Origins of prostitutes living in Rome
Appendix 2. Notes on the registers consulted from the Archivo del Vicariato di Roma
Bibliography
Index.