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Courtesan

A courtesan is a prostitute with a courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele. Historically, the term referred to a courtier, a person who attended the court of a monarch or other powerful person.

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Courtesan

Nodes199
Edges198
Triples367
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.01005
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related to In fiction · 131
Courtesan → Alexandre Dumas, Alliance, Angellica Bianca, Anne Rice's The Vampire, Aphra Behn's, Armand, Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed II, Balls, Baz Luhrmann's, Bianca, Bollywood, Brotherhood, Camélias, Carl Michael Bellman, Cassio, Chandramukhi, Chéri, Colette, Company
related to Sources · 50
Courtesan → Ann Arbor, Anniversary Edition, Asian Studies, Association, Berkeley, Bloomsbury, Body Politics, Broadway BooksHickman, CA, California Press, Carmen Martín, Catalogue, Courtesans, Dalby, Eighteenth-Century Spain, Fame, Four Nineteenth-Century Courtesans, Gaite, Geisha, Gender
related to The Renaissance and the 17th century · 33
Courtesan → Anarkali, Aragona, Buckingham, Cardinal RichelieuNinon, China Ming, Cognati, ColignyTakao II, Condé, Dangerous BeautyMarion Delorme, Du Shiniang, Duke, Enclos, EuropeKanhopatra, France, Franco, Gam-dong, Gaspard, George Villiers, Indian Marathi, Italian
related to 18th century · 32
Courtesan → April, August, Barry, British, Cathrine, Charles XIII, Charlotte Slottsberg, Danish, DenmarkZofia Potocka, Duthé, English, Fisher, French, Greek, Grigory Potemkin, Hamilton, Indian, Jordan, King Christian VII, Lord NelsonGrace Elliott
related to 19th century · 29
Courtesan → Antigny, BavariaMarie Duplessis, Belle Otero, Binodini Dasi, British, Chinese, Florian, Folies Bergère-dancerLola Montez, Francisco Solano López, French, Gioachino RossiniSai Jinhua, Grande Horizontale, Indian, Irish, Louis PhilippeMarthe, Ludwig, Lynch, NanaCatherine Walters, ParaguayHarriette Wilson, Paris
related to Antiquity and the Middle Ages · 16
Courtesan → Abdallah, Amrapali, Arabic, Arib, BC, Buddha's, Byzantine, Byzantine EmpireVolumnia Cytheris, Corinth, Hyccara, June, Justinian, Ma'muniyya, Roman, Sha'irah, Vaishali
related to Further reading · 16
Courtesan → Ars Erotica, Birth, Bonnie Gordon, Chicago, Chicago Press, Dandy, Foucault, Gautam, India, Kamasutra, Martha Feldman, Sanjay, The, The Courtesan, Theater, University
related to history · 11
Courtesan → As, French, In, In English, In European, In Renaissance, In Renaissance Europe, Italian, Prior, Renaissance, The
related to As primary employment · 10
Courtesan → Cora Pearl, Courtesans, In, It, Many, Most, Often, These, They, Wealthy
related to Famous courtesans · 9
Courtesan → Because, Byzantine, Emperor Justinian, For, Orthodox, Separately, Theodora, They, This

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courtesans often social renaissance century would italian one french benefactor wealthy political court women many novel bc mistress status also

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Courtesanis aprostitute with a courtly0.90text
Courtesanrelated to 18th centuryCharlotte Slottsberg0.60section
Courtesanrelated to 18th centurySwedish0.60section
Courtesanrelated to 18th centuryCharles XIII0.60section
Courtesanrelated to 18th centurySwedenClaudine Guérin0.60section
Courtesanrelated to 18th centuryTencin0.60section
Courtesanrelated to 18th centuryFrench0.60section
Courtesanrelated to 18th centuryJordan0.60section
Courtesanrelated to 18th centuryBritish0.60section
Courtesanrelated to 18th centuryHamilton0.60section
Courtesanrelated to 18th centuryEnglish0.60section
Courtesanrelated to 18th centuryWilliam Hamilton0.60section

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