Episode 1
Medieval Sex
How did people get it on in the Middle Ages?
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · History Hit
April 19, 202242m 56sExplicit
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Show Notes
<p>*WARNING this episode includes explicit language and adult themes*</p><br><p>What were your medieval ancestors getting up to in the bedroom? Join sex historian Kate Lister, Betwixt the Sheets, to find out.</p><br><p>Medievalist and George Michael super-fan Dr Eleanor Janega is on the podcast to chat all things aphrodisiacs, sex diaries and religious rules.</p><br><p>Hear about bizarre fertility treatments involving actual fish in places they should never go, medieval chat up lines, and much, much more.</p><br><p>You can watch Kate and Eleanor on screen together in History Hit's documentary, Medieval Pleasures <a href="https://access.historyhit.com/videos/medieval-pleasures-sex" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here.</a></p><br><p>Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Annie Coloe.</p><br><p>Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society. A podcast by History Hit.</p><br><p>This podcast includes music by Epidemic Sounds and archive clips from The Princess Bride 1987, Angela MacNamara's Sex Education for Girls 1980.</p>
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