Leah L. Otis Prostitution in Medieval Society: The History of an Urban Institution in Languedoc. The University of Chicago Press, 1987. Women in Culture & Society. Second printing. 0226640337 xvii/240 pages. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.25", shows very light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright.  "Prostitution in Medieval Society," a monograph about Languedoc between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, is also much more than that: it is a compelling narrative about the social construction of sexuality."