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Prostitutes and Urban Communities of Medieval Slavonia: Examples from Gradec

The focus of this paper is the position of prostitutes in urban settlements of medieval Slavonia, a part of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. The following questions are discussed: which social group did prostitutes come from, what possible reasons led a woman to become a prostitute, were prostitutes involved in the other types of criminal activities, how were prostitutes organized, in which part of the city were prostitutes situated, and what do we know about their customers. The research shows that prostitution was not limited only to members of the lowest layer of society and people on the margins, and that there existed a certain tolerance towards prostitution.

prostitution, urban settlements, medieval Slavonia, Gradec/Zagreb, Kingdom of Hungary

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