What Role Did the Crusades and the Church Play in the Spread of Prostitution?

By PJ Lifestyle Daily Question Mar 19, 2014 10:00 AM ET

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What role did the Crusades and the Church play in the spread of prostitution? Surprises… Page 145 of Dr. Richard Lewinshown's A History of Sexual Customs, published 1958. #war #crusade #christianity #history #church #prostitution

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