Research Catalog

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 ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Waters, Liz

Description

vii, 269 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Amsterdam's reputation as a city of prostitutes is age-old. 'The Burgher and the Whore' is the story of the red light district's 'golden age', bringing to life the relationships between men and women and providing a fascinating account of what it was like to inhabit the greatest city of its day.

Uniform Title

University press scholarship online.

Alternative Title

Prostitution in early modern Amsterdam

Subject

• Red Light Disctrict
• Prostitution > Amsterdam > History
• Syphilis > history
• Prostitution > Amsterdam > History > 16th century
• Prostitution > Amsterdam > History > 17th century
• Poor > Amsterdam > History > 16th century
• Poor > Amsterdam > History > 17th century
• Red-light districts > Amsterdam > History
• Amsterdam (Netherlands) > Social conditions

Genre/Form

• History
• Geschiedenis (vorm)

Note

• Originally published: De burger en de hoer. Prostitutie in Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Wereldbibliotheek, 2003.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographic references (p. [241]- 257 and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 9780199211401
• 019921140X

OCLC

• 670482265
• SCSB-12407861

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library