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Episode 10: The Necessary Evil. How Sex Work Built London’s Churches

Episode 10: The Necessary Evil. How Sex Work Built London’s Churches

FromDirty Sexy History


Episode 10: The Necessary Evil. How Sex Work Built London’s Churches

FromDirty Sexy History

ratings:
Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Jul 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, we’re looking at sex work in Southwark from the Roman period until the 12th century, when the Church was in charge of licensing the “Winchester Geese” and used the money to build places like Southwark Cathedral, which sits on the site of an ancient Roman temple to Isis
Released:
Jul 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (73)

Going beyond the sanitized and idealized to the dirty reality of human history with Jessica Cale. There's more to history than what you learned in high school, and we're going to skip to the good stuff together.