Sex in the Middle Ages

Gone Medieval

History Hit

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4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Despite being a key part of society and everyday life, medieval sexuality was probably left out of your history lessons at school. But how much do we really know about these very private aspects of life in the Middle Ages? Dr Cat Jarman is joined by historian Dr Eleanor Janega from the London School of Economics, who tells us all about medieval sex toys, religious rules, sex workers and more. Please be aware there are adult themes in this episode.

Eleanor’s book, The Middle Ages: A Graphic History, is out now

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1:37.1	Hello, and welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit. I'm Dr. Kat Jarman. Now, in a podcast
1:43.4	about the Middle Ages, you'll likely hear a lot about kings and queens, battles, armies
1:48.4	and castles. Things you might have learnt about at school, and we've had plenty of those
1:52.7	excellent topics here on Gone Medieval already. But for a lot of people in the Middle Ages,
1:57.0	everyday life would have been concerned with quite different things. Work, family, worrying
2:01.5	about what to cook for your next meal, sort of things I'm thinking about right now. And
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