A recipe for an anaphrodisiac.
It was the opinion of medieval physicians that women didn't need aphrodisiacs, because they were always lustfull. On the contrary, they needed countermeasures to make them more chaste! There are numerous sources for anaphrodisiacs in medieval medical compendiums for men and women, none of which have actual medical use as far as I can tell as a laywoman.
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The talk I went to last night has been put online. If you're interested in medieval anchorites, osteology or York this might be up your street.
Nooooooo! This clashes with writing group, and with the dating ancient buildings talk I've already signed up for.
I figure there might be some people here interested though - free talk on Zoom about Beatrice de Roos and the St William Window of York Minster.
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1/4 An impressive example of the request for sex work services among the population was the Council of Constance from 1414-1418.
The council is a terribly interesting story, which you should read up on, but it is too long to tell here.
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2/2 This chronical text from 1345 Lübeck (Germany) tells us about the priest Johannes Mul, partying with a bunch of drunk people in the streets, dressed as a layman and in company of a sex worker. The guards arrested him as a part of the group disturbing the nightly peace of the city.
While he clearly was a sinner, church authorities did not care too much, since he later became bishop.
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The humanist and later Pope Pius II visited Vienna in the 1450s and was apparently shocked at what he encountered.
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In this episode, Historian and author Gemma Hollman peels back the veil on the lives of medieval women- from the crowned Queens wielding influence in turbulent courts, to the solitary anchoresses bricked into walls in pursuit of divine communion, and the women who walked the liminal path between healer and heretic: the so-called witches. Join Alix Chidley-Uttley & Amy Boucher with guest Gemma Hollman as they explore how these women shape- and were shaped by their world, reclaiming voices too often silenced or sensationalised. Expect folklore, faith, power, and the strange beauty of lives lived on the edge of history.
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