Medieval Sex Work

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Prostitutes were everywhere in the streets and neighbourhoods of medieval cities. In one and the same building, there might be a school upstairs, while downstairs prostitutes plied their nefarious trade. But how did such a situation come to pass? And how could such a world exist within the theoretical holy confines of medieval Christendom?

In this episode of Gone Medieval, Dr. Eleanor Janega is joined Dr. Kate Lister, host of our sister podcast Betwixt the Sheets, to find out more about medieval sex work and the complex economic and social realities that existed alongside the best intentions of a religious society.

This episode was edited by Ella Blaxill and produced by Rob Weinberg.

**WARNING: This episode contains explicit language and sexual content**

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0:43.4	into life-saving equipment or tiny kitten cycles
0:47.2	cables kettles phones remotes
0:49.1	toasters, consoles, kettles, phones, phones, headphones, shaver speakers, batteries,
0:52.3	cameras, tablets, laptops, shaver, speakers, batteries, cameras,
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0:59.2	meow. You know. According to Jacques de Vietri, a theologian in 13th century Paris. The city had a problem. This man of God was driven to despair because, as he put it,
1:28.0	prostitutes were everywhere in the streets and neighborhoods of the city, seeking to drag passing clerics by force into their brothels.
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