The Role Of Prostitution In London

The general topic of this research project will be about women in the streets of London during the time period of 1550-1650. Our specific research topic of women in London will be about prostitutes during the Renaissance. We divided our topic of prostitution into four different categories to work on to deepen the focus that each one of us pays to the topic as a whole. The four categories are: Brothels by Numera Dehri, temporary prostitutes by Janise Scott, street walkers by John Macaluso, and courtesans by Ismael Rosas. Although all prostitution was practiced similarly, many women had different ways and reasons of/for doing the deed. Most prostitutes stayed in brothels, which were housing and the work place for most of these
prostitutes.
John plans to write his section regarding the main locations that traveling prostitutes would more commonly visit and hang around as to better benefit the map of early modern London.
Janise is working on the temporary prostitutes, the women who had a tough choice to make: either sell their bodies, or starve. This group seemed the most interesting to her, doing something that would dishonor themselves in order to feed their families. Hoping that in the long run it would be enough to survive on until something better came along. Right now Janise has a few items that she is waiting to receive from the interlibrary loan system. There is an article on the structure of prostitution in Elizabethan London, she feels like that would be a perfect fit.
Shugg’s article has provided the most information, she has gathered insight on what has possibly driven these women to such desperate means. Janise’s approach to her section will be to start off with the influx of population and the scarceness of jobs, especially for women back then.
Some of his sources include writings on Shakespeare’s views on prostitutes and other sources include a story of a certain women that has succumb to all the stereotypes prostitutes were given in that time. How
Ismael plans on writing his individual section with extensive knowledge on the subject of courtesans. By reading many primary and secondary sources, he will be able to develop an understanding of these women in order to write a prolific amount.
Numera will research the brothels in the time period of early modern London. She will search through online journals and look into maps of that time period to locate the locations of these brothels. Sources she has found are ones of ample usage. She has not quite figured out how she will go about writing her own section. She hopes to find more information on brothels and that time period that will help her figure out the direction in which to go forth with her section and how to write it. Looking into what the books at the library might offer her, she might broaden her horizons past the internet.
This research is worth doing because there is so much in history about all sorts of