Prostitution played an important part in structuring gender relations in medieval Germany. Prostitutes were often viewed as an example of the extreme female sin

Based on legal case studies, this book focuses on how gender discourse shaped the lives of prostitutes in medieval Germany.

This sourcebook presents editions and translations of seven fourteenth- and fifteenth-century texts that advance our understanding of gender, sexuality, and cla

Micro Middle Ages brings together five microhistorical case studies focusing on small or seemingly inconsequential evidence that leads to broader conclusions ab

Prostitution is known as the oldest profession in the history of humanity. While historians have already given due consideration to the profession’s social an