knight
and lord
, one of the last of the great independent seigneurs of the land before the reign of Charles of Anjou began (1246). He is first mentioned in 1244 and succeeded his father as lord of Castellana
on 13 June 1249. He was a bellicose Ghibelline.
Bonifaci's turbulent political career can be traced through his three surviving sirventes
, lyric poetic
works on political themse in the Occitan language, each written at different points in his conflict with Charles of Anjou.
Do you understand, gentlemen, that all the horror is in just this—that there is no horror!
I can enjoy her while she's kind;But when she dances in the wind,And shakes the wings and will not stay,I puff the prostitute away: The little or the much she gave is quietly resign'd: Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
[in Kenya]...any woman who is single and has multiple male sex partners is considered to be a prostitute, whether or not money changes hands.
[in India] Any sexual intercourse outside socially acceptable unions is likely to be regarded as prostitution.
[In Iran] Under mut'a, it is possible to be 'married' for as little as half an hour.
Egyptian law states that a man who is caught with a prostitute is not imprisoned; instead, his testimony is used to convict and imprison the prostitute.
Prostitutes are the inevitable product of a society that places ultimate importance on money, possessions, and competition.
Prostitution is organized rape.