In today's Claire chats I discuss the various views and theories on sex, sexuality, the anatomy of the female reproductive system, sex and health, and premarital sex and adultery which were prevalent in the Medieval and Tudor period.
Sources and Further Reading
- Crawford, Patricia (2004) Blood, Bodies and Families in Early Modern England, Pearson Education Ltd.
- Helen Castor's Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death - see http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/helen-castors-medieval-lives-birth-marriage-death-episode-1-good-birth/, http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/helen-castors-medieval-lives-birth-marriage-death-episode-2-good-marriage/ and http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/helen-castors-medieval-lives-birth-marriage-death-episode-3-good-death/
- The Wellcome Manuscript - go to http://wellcomeimages.org/ and type "apocalypse" into the search box to browse images from the manuscript.
- May 1650: An Act for suppressing the detestable sins of Incest, Adultery and Fornication - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/acts-ordinances-interregnum/pp387-389
- A History of the Male and Female Genitalia - https://web.stanford.edu/class/history13/earlysciencelab/body/femalebodypages/genitalia.html