18th Century Dating: From Booty Calls to 'Bundling'

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

What was life like as a single person in the 18th century? What if you became pregnant out of wedlock?

In today's episode, Kate talks to Angela Muir, author of Deviant MaternityIllegitimacy in Wales, c. 1680–1800, to find out what navigating single life was like for the lower classes: from strange dating customs such as 'bundling', to evidence we have of Georgian booty calls and the stigma of being single.

This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.

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1:32.3	Dating customs are a funny thing aren't they especially when you look back through history
1:37.3	some of them by modern standards at least feel a little twee, shall we say, a little naive perhaps.
1:45.0	Look at this prime example from the Georgian period.
1:49.0	Inside this cozy home on a farmstead, up in a small bedroom lie a courting couple who are
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