The Burgher and the Whore: Prostitution in Early Modern Amsterdam (53 page)

see also
Jan Backer; Ferdinand van Collen; Lambert

Reynst

bailiff ’s men,
see
constables Banchem, Johan van (sheriff )
121
,
127
banishment
27
–
8
,
51
,
71
,
93
,
95
–
6
,

99
,
111
,
123
–
5

bankruptcy, bankrupt
4
7
,
51

battle fleet,
see
navy

bawds, (
hoerewaardinnen
),
also

brothel-keepers
5
–
6
,
24
–
8
,
33
,

37
,
40
–
1
,
55
,
61
,
67
,
75
–
6
,
86
,

127
–
8
,
153
,
163
,
169
–
176
,

178
–
180
,
183
,
196
,
199
–
200
;

see also
Poxy Anna; male brothel-keepers; neighbourhoods; procuress; and
passim

as dishonourable
47
,
53

contracts and arrangements with prostitutes
55
,
169
–
71

hold over prostitutes
33
,
83

number of
19
,
199

number of arrests of
96
,
141
,
239

as ‘mothers’ of whore households
53
,
110

as police informers
124
–
5
,
129

profits from prostitution
169
–
71
,
179
,
195
,
198

prosecution and punishment of

27
–
8
,
93
–
4
,
96
–
7
,
99
,
111
,

118
–
20

scaffold as punishment for
93
,
96
,

133

seducing women into prostitution
54
–
5
,
59
–
69
,
96
,

176
,
193

‘selling’ of or trading in prostitutes
173
–
5

bawdy-houses,
see
whorehouses Beels, Maarten (Amsterdam

alderman)
95

Belcampius, Otto (Amsterdam minister)
112
–
13

Benabou, Marie
19

Benthem, Henrich (German traveller)
151

Bethany Houses,
also
Magdalene Hospitals
71

Bicker Raye, Jacob (Amsterdam diarist)
40
,
125
,
127
–
9
,
134
,
137
,

154

Blankaart, Steven (Dutch physician)
88

Boelens, Adriaan (Amsterdam playwright)
162

Boereverhaal van geplukte Gys
11,
19,

131,
174,
182, 189

Bogaard, Abraham van den, (deputy bailiff )
121
,
129
,
196

Boswell, James
39
,
75
,
90
,
181
,
196

brothels,
see
whorehouses

brothel-keepers, for female brothel- keepers (
hoerenwaardinnen
)
see
bawds, for male brothel-keepers (
hoerenwaarden
)
see
male

brothel-keepers

brothel paintings,
see
paintings Brussels
2
,
147
,
176

Buncke, Anna Isabe
1
,
13
,
203

n.
30

burgher,
also
citizen
30
–
1
,
41
,
43
–
5
,

53
,
62
,
64
,
67
,
92
,
102
,
111
,
126
,

139
–
40
,
153
–
6
,
163
;

see also
citizenship ‘burghers’ children’ seduced by

whores and bawds
41
,
59
–
60
,

6
6
,
6
8
,
93

burgomaster
37
,
78
,
104
–
5
,
107
,
110
,

120
,
140

Burnett, Gilbert (English minister)
16

Calkoen, Henricus (Amsterdam lawyer)
95
,
114
–
15

Calvinism
105

Calvinist
44
,
72
–
3
,
90
;
see also

Reformed; Protestant Carpzovius, Benedictus (lawyer)
84
Carr,William (English

traveller)
112
,
155

Casanova, Iacomo
2

Catholic Church, Catholicism
67
–
8
,
71
–
2

Catholic
37
,
75
,
85
,
104

Cats, Jacob (Dutch statesman and poet)
69
,
145

chamber-nymphs and chambered whores,
see
kept women

chief officer,
see
bailiff

church council,
see
consistory citizen, citizenry,
see
burgher citizenship
43
–
5
,
150

clap
189
;
see also
venereal diseases Cleland, John (English writer)
10
clients,
also
customers; whore-

walkers; whore-hunters
23
,
80
,

126
–
7
,
152
–
5
,
182
–
7
;
see also

farmers; Jews; sailors; burghers; male honour

attitudes towards
51
,
88
–
90
,
117

negotiations with
186
–
7

payments by
77
–
80
,
88
,
171
,

186
–
9
,
196
–
8

robberies of
12
,
22
,
56
,
112
,
152
,

163
–
4
,
187
,
195
,
197
–
8

clothes, clothing
33
,
36
,
39
,
41
,
46
,

50
,
60
,
62
,
81
,
85
–
6
,
100
,
104
,

110
,
157
,
172
,
176
–
82
,
236
;

see also
debt; honour regulations on (sumptuary laws)

92
,
177
–
8

Cohen, Elizabeth
53

Collen, Ferdinand van (bailiff )
129
,
132
,
136
–
40

compounding
117
–
18
,
121
–
2
,
127
,

137
–
8
,
153
–
4
,
156
;
see also
police abuse of power

fraudulent compounding of banishment
123
–
4

condoms
75
,
191

Confession Books (
confessieboeken
)

8
–
9
,
13
,
15

information and quotations from

passim

consistory of the Reformed Church

5
,
37
,
62
,
104
–
7

constables,
also
officers or bailiff ’s men (
schoutsdienaren
,
dienders
)
92
–
4
,
110
,
116
–
18
,
121
–
3
,
125
,

188
,
237
;
see also
police; honour

contraception
143

Company, the,
see
VOC correspondents,
see
police informers corruption and extortion,
see
police

abuse of power

Counter-Reformation, the
72

Court of Holland, high court of the Province of Holland
9
,
149
,
152

Court of Holland, famous music house
32
,
234

courtesans
22
,
183
;
see also

prostitutes

Crafford, Joris (Amsterdam diarist)

162

credit
33
,
27
,
47
,
156
,
159
,
166
,
172
,

179

as denoting ‘good repute’
7
,
47
,

158
,
168
–
9

crime, criminality
8
,
15
–
16
,
47
,
53
–
4
,

91
,
95
,
103
,
117
–
18
,
122
–
3
,
125

female criminality
99
,
151

prostitution as a crime
76
,
84
,
93

robberies of clients
12
,
22
,
56
,
112
,

152
,
163
–
4
,
187
,
195
,
197
–
8

crimes and misdemeanours settled out of court
117
–
18
,
123

criminal underworld
21
–
2
,
30
,
90
,

153
,
159

cruising lane (
kruisbaan
)
20
,
104
cruising whores,
see
streetwalkers customers,
see
clients

dance-halls and dancing schools

29
–
30

dancing plates
3
,
4
, and
11
;
29
–
31
,

36
,
30
,
58
,
60
,
83
,
99
,
104
,
157
–
8
,

165
,
189
,
238
;
see also
music Dancx, Francoys (Dutch artist) plates

9
and
10
;
102

debt
23
,
27
,
83
,
159
–
60
,
166
,
171
–
6
,

179
,
191
,
196
–
8
,
200

Defoe, Daniel (English writer)
10

Deken, Aagje,
see
Betje Wolff and Aagje Deken

depictions of prostitution,
4
,
102
;

see also
art

deputy bailiff (
substituut-schout
),
also

deputy (
substituut
)
94
,
116
–
23
,

128
–
9
,
138
–
9
,
216
n.
8
;
see also
police; Abraham van den Bogaard; Jan Schravenwaard;

Francois Spermondt almshouse (deputy) bailiff

(
hoofdprovoost
)
110
,
216
n.
8

water (deputy) bailiff (
waterschout
)
137
,
216
n.
8

Desjobert, Louis (French traveller)

2
,
178
,
181

detention on request
107
–
8

devil plates
3
and
6
;
ii,
21
,
29
,
51
,
56
,

61
,
69
,
73
,
77
,
79
–
81
,
116
,
132

Diderot, Denis
22
,
200

Disaster Year (
1672
)
10
4
–
5
,
160