Sex on Sunday? Four days on bread and water. In his penitential of 1012, German bishop Burchard of Worms lists various sexual deviations and the penances to be undertaken if men or women have performed them.
However ejaculation was thought to weaken men and frequent sexual intercourse was cautioned against and frowned upon by the church.
“There was another school of thought that said that women craved sperm because it strengthened them. Indeed, Trotula advises washing and perfuming ‘down there’ before a woman has intercourse. it couldn’t have been rape because she obviously enjoyed it, otherwise she wouldn’t have got pregnant! The writings of Avicenna, Albert The Great and Trotula are positive towards encouraging warm sexual relations between couples. There was one school of thought that said that a woman needed to be sexuallys satisfied in order to conceive – and it was always quoted in cases of rape when the woman got pregnant as a result – i.e. But their love will find its greatest challenge as the torments of jealousy, suspicion, pride - and an enemy from beyond the grave - threaten all they hold dear.“Regarding the medieval attitude to sex. Victorious on the battlefield, de Gael suffers sweet defeat when his heart is conquered by the lovely Linnet de Montsorrel. Yet it is a time of triumph for mercenary Josceline de Gael, bastard son of the king's most trusted ally. King Henry's efforts to crush his rebellious sons ignite bloody border skirmishes throughout the land. A brilliant mediaeval novel set in England under the reign of Henry II. But their love will find its greatest challenge as th.
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