The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages

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One Belgian priest in the 1400s was accused of trying to seduce a girl by drawing her image on a tile in charcoal and baptising it with holy water. Next he made a wax image of the girl, which he also baptised, before reciting conjurations from a book which were supposed to invoke demons. In minor case, once the priest had obtained a confession from the guilty party, he would offer a court-imposed penance often requiring the offender to walk before the congregation in shame. One medical text claimed that men should remain on top of their partner for at least an hour to make sure 'the seminal matter does not scatter and form a monster' while sex in an unconventional position could cause physical disabilities.

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