What Happened On A Medieval Wedding Night?

<p>We've been tying the knot for thousands of years in one way or another, but what did a medieval wedding look like?</p><br><p>The church had very strict ideas around monogamy and sex in this period, which affected the rituals of a wedding day, AND night.</p><br><p>What happened in the bed chambers of the newlyweds? Why was pleasure so important? And why were divorce courts so humiliating?</p><br><p>Joining Kate today is author and historian Jacqueline Murray, to take us back to the Middle Ages.</p><br><p>This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.</p><br><p>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</u></a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p><u>You can take part in our listener survey</u><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u> here</u></a><u>.</u></p><br><p>All music from Epidemic Sounds.</p><br><p>Betwixt the Sheets: History of Sex, Scandal & Society is a History Hit podcast.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>