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:Since there's at least some difference in meaning, I don't mind the continued existence of the Concubines article. I suggest you transfer any information about concubines that you might have missed (the Concubines article atm is pretty general) from the Courtesans article to your Concubines article. Then the concubines section on the Courtesans article can be removed. {{User:Crookandcharlatan/sig}} 09:09, January 24, 2017 (UTC) | :Since there's at least some difference in meaning, I don't mind the continued existence of the Concubines article. I suggest you transfer any information about concubines that you might have missed (the Concubines article atm is pretty general) from the Courtesans article to your Concubines article. Then the concubines section on the Courtesans article can be removed. {{User:Crookandcharlatan/sig}} 09:09, January 24, 2017 (UTC) | ||
==Suggestion== | |||
When this article was originally created due to AC2, the term 'Courtesan' was a clear and easy choice. Even though it strictly referred to a 'lady of the court', in AC it was used as a euphemism for a prostitute. Since then, there's been a slew of other terms used of people (usually women in AC) engaged in the activity of selling sex, and 'courtesan' is an uneasy fit when talking about ancient Greece's ''hetaerae'' or the Victorian 'unfortunate women'. | |||
Similarly, though the article [[Mercenary]] began in the same 'age' as 'Courtesan', that article is not called ''condottiero''. | |||
I suggest, therefore, that the name of the article is changed to either 'Prostitute' or 'Prostitution', following [[Piracy]] and {{Wiki|Prostitution|Wikipedia}}. [[User:Sadelyrate|Sadelyrate]] ([[w:c:assassinscreed:User talk:Sadelyrate|siniath]]) 08:51, May 6, 2019 (UTC) | |||
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isnt it when you build a brothel in Monteriggioni courtesans appear? XKMS Famine 23:02, October 3, 2010 (UTC)
OBJECTION!!
I saw courtesans doing parkour, doing that run across walls where it's the one-foot-width wooden poles or the walls. Spartan-617 15:10, March 15, 2010 (UTC)
Courtesans vs. Concubines
So I just created the article Concubines, only to realize that its content is already covered here. I'm not sure if concubines should go under this article.
The technical definition of a "courtesan" refers to a lady of court (though originally a courtier, male or female). Courtesans were well-educated and trained in the arts of music and dancing, especially in association with a wealthy or noble society. In this respect, a concubine to the emperor is a courtesan. However, the word "courtesan" as used in Assassin's Creed refers to prostitutes, or as a euphemism for prostitutes. Although concubines are essentially mistresses, Chinese concubines were not prostitutes (at least not the imperial ones, though maybe for a middle-class businessman they could be) and so are distinct from the courtesans in Ezio's trilogy. Sol Pacificus(Cyfiero) 04:34, January 24, 2017 (UTC)
- Since there's at least some difference in meaning, I don't mind the continued existence of the Concubines article. I suggest you transfer any information about concubines that you might have missed (the Concubines article atm is pretty general) from the Courtesans article to your Concubines article. Then the concubines section on the Courtesans article can be removed. Crook The Constantine District 09:09, January 24, 2017 (UTC)
Suggestion
When this article was originally created due to AC2, the term 'Courtesan' was a clear and easy choice. Even though it strictly referred to a 'lady of the court', in AC it was used as a euphemism for a prostitute. Since then, there's been a slew of other terms used of people (usually women in AC) engaged in the activity of selling sex, and 'courtesan' is an uneasy fit when talking about ancient Greece's hetaerae or the Victorian 'unfortunate women'.
Similarly, though the article Mercenary began in the same 'age' as 'Courtesan', that article is not called condottiero.
I suggest, therefore, that the name of the article is changed to either 'Prostitute' or 'Prostitution', following Piracy and Wikipedia. Sadelyrate (siniath) 08:51, May 6, 2019 (UTC)