Ogle, GeneConti, FabrizioPrenassi, Costanza2024-09-262024-09-262018Prenassi, Costanza. "Considerations Over the Perception of Venetian Prostitution Between the Fifteenth and Eighteenth Centuries According To Morality". BA Thesis, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. 2018.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14490/364Thesis (B.A. in History and Classical Studies)--John Cabot University, Spring 2018.This thesis discusses the different perceptions that the Venetian state, local citizens, and foreign travelers had towards prostitutes between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. The purpose is to demonstrate how the consideration of prostitutes over those centuries shifted from toleration and respect to commiseration and negative judgements, according to the change of religious morality. The thesis is divided in three chapters, each one analyzing a specific type of source. Also, there is an introduction describing the historical context of Venice over the years taken in consideration and the emergence of the figure of the courtesan. The first chapter is dedicated to the study of laws, in particular to the three recurring sets of laws on residency, clothing, and health. The second chapter focuses on the reading of travel diaries, which give information over the relation between prostitution with families, protectors, and the Senate. The third and last chapter discusses the representation of prostitutes in paintings and prints, showing the progressive passage from celebrating and mythological subjects to moralistic messages. Finally the conclusion revises all that is said in the chapters and highlights the coincidence of religious moralistic messages with phases of struggle of the Republic, such as the economic crisis and the outbreak of diseases. For the methodology, the sources used are almost all primary, as they enable to make specific analysis and reach several conclusions.vi, 73 pagesenAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ProstitutesWomenSocial life and customsProstitutes in artProstitutes in literatureThesis