Common Women
Great britain, history, medieval period, 1066-1485
Prostitutes
Prostitution
Great britain, social conditions
Social history
Sex
Social conditions
History
"Common women" in medieval England were prostitutes, whose distinguishing feature was not that they took money for sex but that they belonged to all men in common. Common Women: Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England tells the stories of these women's lives: their entrance into the trade be…
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