Problem prostytucji w średniowiecznym Krakowie. Jana Falkenberga Iudicium de aedificandis domis pro meretricibus
The problem of prostitution in the medieval Cracow. Iudicium de aedificandis domis pro meretricibus by John Falkenberg
Author(s): Arnold PawlinaSubject(s): Cultural history, Economic history, Social history, Family and social welfare, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: prostitution; middle ages; Krakow; John Falkenberg
Summary/Abstract: 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.
Journal: Folia Historica Cracoviensia
- Issue Year: 18/2012
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 75-85
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English, Polish