Talk:Courtesan

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What about the "COURTIER" ?

Hi all, I am editing the Italian article Cortigiano, and I insisted in order to have the same page for the male role (cortigiano) and the female one (cortigiana) in order to better show parallelism and differences. IMHO this English page is lacking most of all an obvious link, that is "COURTIER", which was the original meaning of Courtesan. This would be of great help to better understand a very important social figure. Excuse my poor English. --S vecchiato (talk) 00:18, 4 April 2009 (UTC)--[reply]

Court, to court, courtier and courtesan

I added some information drawn from the Oxford Dictionary Online and links to Baldassarre Castiglione in order to point out the etymological (hence historical) links among the institution of the court, the social role of courtiers and the change of meaning of courtesan. Hope it will be of help. --S vecchiato (talk) 09:28, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that helps give the article its foundation, S vecchiato. 219.76.166.15 (talk) 10:19, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What about the Modern Day Courtesan?

Although come things may have changed, a perhaps a Courtesan would not have royalty as a patron these days, I think more should be added about modern day courtesans, specifically in the 21st century. Courtesan