Viking Sex
Gone Medieval
History Hit
4.6 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Gone Medieval, presenter Dr. Cat Jarman swaps seats and becomes the guest of Dr. Kate Lister’s brilliant podcast from History Hit, Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society. In it, she delves into the topics that they didn’t teach you about in history lessons at school.
Today Cat answers everything Kate always wanted to know about sex and relationships in the Viking age - and it’s quite an eye-opener!
*WARNING! There is adult language and discussions of sexual assault in this episode.*
The Senior Producers were Charlotte Long and Elena Guthrie. It was edited and produced by Sophie Long with Rob Weinberg.
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| 1:33.6 | Hello and welcome to Gone Medieval. My name is Dr Cat Jarman. |
| 1:38.7 | And today's content is going to be a little bit different because in this episode, |
| 1:44.0 | I'm the guest of one of history hits latest brilliant podcasts called The Tricks the Sheets, |
| 1:49.0 | where historian Dr Cat Lister delts into the topics and almost certain they didn't teach you |
| 1:54.0 | about in history lessons at school, the history of sex, scandal and society. |
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