Mala Vicinanza: Female Household-Heads and Proximity to Sex Work in Sixteenth-Century Florence

In mid-sixteenth-century Florence the need to fund Santa Elisabetta delle Convertite, the convent sheltering retired sex workers, prompted the introduction of a higher tax on sex workers that offered freedom from identifying signs, geographic restrictions, and the title of meretrice. The result was...

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Authors: Kerton-Johnson, Catherine (Author) ; Whitsit, Brandon (Author) ; DeSilva, Jennifer Mara 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Iter Press 2022
In: Renaissance and reformation
Year: 2022, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Pages: 59-108
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBJ Italy
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
NCF Sexual ethics
SA Church law; state-church law
Further subjects:B Women
B Poverty
B Sex Work
B Ufficiali dell’Onestà
B 1561 Census
B Florence
B Convents
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