What Happened On A Medieval Wedding Night?
We've been tying the knot for thousands of years in one way or another, but what did a medieval wedding look like? The church had very strict ideas around monogamy and sex in this period, which affected the rituals of a wedding day, AND night. What happened in the bed chambers of the newlyweds? Why was pleasure so…
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