Jamie Page's Prostitution and Subjectivity uses three case studies from different areas of Germany across the fifteenth century to recover the subjectivity of women involved in prostitution in the late medieval period. The result is compelling, surprising, and engaging.
Jamie Page received his PhD in Medieval History and German at the University of St Andrews and has held research posts at Durham University and the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. His research addresses themes of gender and sexuality in the late medieval urban world, focusing specifically on the southern German-speaking Empire.