The Burgher and the Whore: Prostitution in Early Modern Amsterdam (56 page)

142
,
149
,
173
–
6
,
179
,
199
,
239

prosecution for prostitution
27
–
28
,
36
–
9
,
91
–
112
;
see also
police; legislation; parental authority; punishment

history of
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–
2

influence of the Reformed Church on
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–
7

numbers of trials
8
,
19
,
33
,
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–
4
,

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,
239

reasoning behind policy on
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–
15

trends in and policies relating to

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,
91
,
111
–
12

prostitutes,
also
whores
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–
20
,
28
,

144
–
9
,
170
,
175
,
186
–
7
;
see also

bawds; secret whores;

courtesans; kept women; fetched whores and streetwalkers; bawds;VOC sailors; punishment; and
passim

age of
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compared with other women

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–
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and comrades
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,
171

earnings of
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,
24
,
27
,
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,
78
–
9
,

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,
148
,
168
–
77

earnings by prostitution as tainted

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,
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and family
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(former) trades of
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–
5
;
see also

women’s work; seamstresses geographical origins of
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,
143
–
4
,

146

and maidservants
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–
8
,
33
,
37
,
54
,

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,
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,
169
–
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,
182
–
3
,
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marriages of
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–
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,
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migration circuits of
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,
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negotiations with clients
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–
7
number of
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–
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number of arrests of
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,
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,
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,

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,
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pregnancy and children
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,
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soliciting by
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–
6

terminology
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–
5

prostitution in Amsterdam
; see also
honour; prosecution; punishment; legislation; and
passim

changes in the sixteenth century

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–
4
,
68

changes in the eighteenth century

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–
6

changes in the nineteenth century

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circuits of
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,
28

and crime
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,
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,
39
–
40

as a crime
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,
84
,
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definition and terminology
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–
6

economy of
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–
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,
36
,
61
,
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extent of
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–
19

geography of
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–
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,
20
–
1
,
28
,
34
,

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,
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,
57
,
65
,
67
–
8
,
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,
163

history of legislation on
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–
3

neighbourhood conflicts over

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–
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,
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–
6

regulation of
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–
6

and street-lighting
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–
5

terminology used in
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,
220
n.
13

tolerance of
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–
3
,
112

and whoredom
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–
7

Protestant
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,
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–
8
,
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,
92
;
see also

Calvinist

punishments
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,
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,
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–
7
,
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–
7
,
133
–
4
;
see also
adultery; banishment; bawds; compounding; detention on request; honour; Spin House; legislation; scaffold

Rasp House
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,
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,
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–
9

recruiters of seamen,
also
‘soul- sellers’
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–
60

Regnard, Jean-François (French traveller)
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,
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Reformation, the
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,
74
,
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Reformed Church
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,
8
,
29
,
37
,
44
,

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,
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,
104
–
7
,
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,
191

Rembrandt (Dutch painter)
5

reputation,
see
honour Rome
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,
68

Reynst, Lambert (bailiff )
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Roos, Axilius (Amsterdam writer)

68

Rotterdam
3
,
9
,
28
,
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,
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,
117
,
146
,

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Rowlandson,Thomas (English artist) plate
5
;
181

Ruyter, Michiel de (Dutch admiral)
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–
1

Russia, Russian
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,
119
,
181

Saan, Lodewijk van der (Dutch diarist)
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–
4
,
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,
90
,
145
,
190
–
2

sailors,
also
seamen, seafarers

plate
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;
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,
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,
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–
5
,
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,
113
,

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–
8
,
150
–
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,
155
–
65
,
167
,
183
,

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,
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,
237
;
see also
VOC sailors;VOC; alleged

arguments for prostitution; honour.

sailors’ wives
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,
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–
5

scaffold
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,
53
,
60
,
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,
96
,
101
,
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,

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,
128
,
133

and honour
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,
53
,
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as punishment for brothel- keeping
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,
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,
133

Scandinavia
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,
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,
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,
158

Schravenwaard, Jan (deputy bailiff )

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–
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,
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–
40
,
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seafaring,
also
shipping
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,
19
,
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,

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,
155
,
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–
60
,
167
–
8
,
172
,

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–
82
;
see also
VOC;WIC; navy

seamstresses plate
7
;
54
,
62
,
144
–
5
,

169
,
179
–
80
,
199

secret whores (
stille hoeren
),
also
silent whores, private whores
23
–
4
,
57
,
68
–
70

abhorrence of
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,
68
–
70

Sephardim,
see
Jews

sex, sexuality
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–
6
,
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–
12
,
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,
76
,

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–
8
,
166
,
187
–
95
and
passim

attitudes towards
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–
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,
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,
76

sexual norms
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,
70
–
1

sexual practices
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–
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;
see also

sodomy; virgins

sexual reputation and honour
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,
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–
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,
53
,
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–
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,
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–
8
,
140

Schama, Simon
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Shaw, Joseph (English traveller)
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,
101
,
179

sheriff,
see
bailiff shipping,
see
seafaring

singing, songs, songbook
9
,
29
,
31
–
2
,

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–
60
,
95
,
131
,
157
,
184
,
234
;

see also
music; dancing Society for the Reformation of

Manners
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,
111

sodomy
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,
139
–
40
,
192

soldiers
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,
62
,
75
,
82
,
147
–
8
,
186
–
7
;

see also
VOC soldiers songs, songbook,
see
singing

Southern Netherlands
5
,
23
,
28
,
144
;

see also
Antwerp; Brussels

Spain
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‌

Spain, Dutch Revolt against
8
,
72
–
3
,
92

Spanish disease,
also
syphilis
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Spermondt, François (deputy bailiff )

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–
40

Spin House (
spinhuis
), women’s prison, plate
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,
8
,
9
,
10
;
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,
63
,
‌

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–
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,
170
,
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,
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,
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,
179
,

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,
199

attitudes towards inmates
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,
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,

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,
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,
86
,
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,
163
,
179

confers dishonour
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–
8
,
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,
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–
8
,

163

founded to reform women
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–
7
,
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as a symbol
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–
8
,
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,
135
,
151
,

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recruitment of prostitutes in
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as a tourist attraction
2
,
31
,

98
–
101
,
199

travellers writing about
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,
86
,
233

spinning wheel as a symbol of female virtue
98

Steen, Jan (Dutch painter)
12
street-lighting
34
–
5
streetwalkers, night-walkers

(
nachtloopsters
),
also
street whores; cruising whores
20
–
1
,
104
,
128
,
142
,
148
,
171
,
184
–
7
,

189

students
40
,
154

syphilis,
see
venereal diseases

Temple,William (English ambassador in the Netherlands)
15

Tengnagel, Mattheus (Amsterdam playwright)
51

theatre and prostitution
22
,
83
,
104
tourism, tourists,
also
travellers
2
–
3
,
29
,
35
–
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,
38
–
40
,
86
–
7
,
99
–
100
,

152
,
199

travel writers
12
–
16
,
35
,
100
–
1
,
112
,

119
,
179
;
see also
German, English and French travellers

travelogues,
also
travel writing; travel guides; travel diaries; travel accounts
13
,
22
,
30
,
32
,
35
,
38
,