Pol, Lotte van de.

The burgher and the whore prostitution in early modern Amsterdam / [electronic resource] : Lotte van de Pol ; translated by Liz Waters. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Amsterdam's reputation as a city of prostitutes is age-old. 'The Burgher and the Whore' is the story of the red light district's 'golden age', bringing to life the relationships between men and women and providing a fascinating account of what it was like to inhabit the greatest city of its day.


Translated from the Dutch.

9780191725142 (ebook) : No price


Prostitution--History--Netherlands--Amsterdam--16th century.
Prostitution--History--Netherlands--Amsterdam--17th century.
Poor--History--Netherlands--Amsterdam--16th century.
Poor--History--Netherlands--Amsterdam--17th century.
Red-light districts--History.--Netherlands--Amsterdam


Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Social conditions--16th century.
Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Social conditions--17th century.
Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Moral conditions--History--16th century.
Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Moral conditions--History--17th century.

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