Abstract

The present work aims to bring us close to the world of pimping in Salamanca at the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the following century. Through the judicial criminal processes, preserved in the Diocesan Historical Archive of Salamanca, we will attempt to know who developed this type of practises, their ways of proceeding, their clients and the punishments to which they were subjected by the ecclesiastical authority. On the other hand, we try to stablish similarities or differences with the protagonist of La Celestina, one of the quintessential references of women dedicated to procuring.