To browse Academia. The paper explores the role and agency of prostitutes in the late Middle Ages, focusing on how the medieval Church's views shaped societal attitudes towards prostitution. It discusses the theological justifications for the existence of prostitution as a necessary means to curb lust, reflecting broader societal beliefs about sexuality and women's roles.
By analyzing historical texts and the concept of 'conjugal debt', the paper sheds light on the complex interplay between gender, morality, and social order during this period. There are good reasons for identifying Babylon in Rev 17β18 with Rome, but inconsistencies with the text arise if ancient Imperial Rome is intended.
In this study, an important argument for identifying Babylon with ancient Rome is presented and examined. Its weaknesses include neglect of Ezek 16 and 23 as a background for Rev 17, and failure to grasp the full biblical significance of the metaphor of prostitution. The use of the metaphor in Rev 2 is consistent with this general rule. This study is dedicated to all those who are "wondering with great wonder" Rev 17,6 at the direction taken by the current leadership of the Catholic Church, and to Fr.
An article on how biblical texts relating to prostitution may and may not relate to contemporary discussions. The article aims to re-read Rev amid the catastrophic patterns of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Employing narratological methods as well as a close reading of the text, it is argued that Rev can be coherently read as the violent sexual punishment of an anthropomorphic female character. The end of the fifteenth century marks a high point in the institutionalization and regulation of prostitution by local and royal authorities in Spain.
This came about by a long process. In the twelfth century municipal Leonese and Castilian legal codes already contained some norms on prostitution and procuring. An important reason for the increasing preoccupation in prostitution seems to have been the tremendous rise in the number of people involved in the trade: harlots as well as bawds and pimps.
