The problem of prostitution in the medieval Cracow. Iudicium de aedificandis domis pro meretricibus by John Falkenberg
The author focuses on the question of prostitution in the medieval Cracow in the light of edited-by- himself treaty by John Falkenberg Iudicium de aedificandis domis pro meretricibus. Writing his treaty Falkenberg was trying, at the request of the Municipal Council, answer the following questions: d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Folia Historica Cracoviensia |
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| Online Access: | http://czasopisma.upjp2.edu.pl/foliahistoricacracoviensia/article/view/215/143 |
| Summary: | The author focuses on the question of prostitution in the medieval Cracow in the light of edited-by- himself treaty by John Falkenberg Iudicium de aedificandis domis pro meretricibus. Writing his treaty Falkenberg was trying, at the request of the Municipal Council, answer the following questions: do laws established by people allow the existence of prostitutes, and: can the ruler of the city or councillors build brothels, put prostitutes there and then profit from such business. The text contains a short review of the problem of prostitution in Cracow of that time as well as the explanati of a context in which Falkenberg’s work was written. In the last part of the article, the author presents a two-part edition of the treaty. |
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| ISSN: | 0867-8294 2391-6702 |