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The burgher and the whore : prostitution in early modern Amsterdam
- Title
- The burgher and the whore : prostitution in early modern Amsterdam / Lotte van de Pol, translated by Liz Waters.
- Author
- Pol, Lotte van de.
- Publication
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Supplementary Content
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- Additional Authors
- Waters, Liz.
- Description
- vii, 269 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm
- Alternative Title
- Prostitution in early modern Amsterdam
- Subject
- Note
- Originally published: De burger en de hoer. Prostitutie in Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Wereldbibliotheek, 2003.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-257 and index.
- Contents
- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-2159
- ISBN
- 9780199211401
- 019921140X
- LCCN
- 2011453026
- OCLC
- 670482265
- Author
- Pol, Lotte van de.
- Title
- The burgher and the whore : prostitution in early modern Amsterdam / Lotte van de Pol, translated by Liz Waters.
- Imprint
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-257 and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Waters, Liz.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-2159