Female masturbation as a grotesque on the townhall of Saint Quentin, France, likely 15th century #medievalsexuality #medievalart #medieval #middleages #15thcentury #14thcentury #mittelalter #livinghistory #reenactment #medievalsky

1/4 I just had to show you this incredible poem/ballad in full length. Now, if you have not heard of Francois Villon yet, you have been missing out. At least take some time for his Wikipedia Entry. The guy has an insane vita. #medievalsky

Do you know what the riddle is talking about? Answer in the first comment 😉 The exeter book of riddles offers a variety of spicy and fun riddles, we solved two of them in earlier posts. Wikisource offers a translation where you find all of them for your next party-conversations 😀 #medievalsky

🧵 1/ CW: domestic violence The old woman's lament/old woman's confession is a very common trope in late medieval poetry and tells us about marginalised women's experiences. #medievalsky #medievalsexuality #womenshistory #livinghistory #reenactment

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...And nowadays, they will send you a "wyd, 🍆💦🍑"... #medievalsky #livinghistory #13thcentury #medievalsexuality

1/5 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. #medievalsky #livinghistory #mittelalter #medievalwomen

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1/4 In medieval stories like the Decameron, we often hear about priests and monks who had a hard time sticking to their vow of celibacy. #medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #reenactment

The book of the civilised man is a collection of advice for young noble men.It goes from pratical advice via moral lessons to table-manners and personal grooming. The author also included advice on how to treat women and sexual urges. And spoiler alert, he is not a huge feminist. 😀 #medievalsky

The humanist and later Pope Pius II visited Vienna in the 1450s and was apparently shocked at what he encountered. #medievalsexuality #medievalsky #latemedieval #middleages #mittelalter #medievalwomen #14thcentury #15thcentury #livinghistory #reenactment

1/4 Therapeutical masturbation is often known to modern people as a weird victorian practice, but it is actually much older, going back to the times of Hippokrates and Galen. #medievalsky #medievalwomen #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth

finally updated my computer, and now "æ" is long hold + 6 rather than long hold + 5. really slowing me down with this æthelwold research LOL #medievalsky

1/2 A sex worker in her makeshift leaf and twig shelter/tent on a market with a client. Sex workers were traveling for occasions in which many people and therefor potential clients came together. #medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #14thcentury #medievalwomen #womeninhistory

Just three weeks until the One Man Conference! 12 hours of one buildings archaeologist battling with his own throat... More info & bookings: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-man-co...

1/2 This lyrical call to non-monogamy was written by William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou and btw. the grandfather of famous Eleanore of Aquitaine. Next to working politics and going on crusade, he was also a poet. Only a handfull of his poems survived. #medievalsky

Der Widerstand beginnt sich zu formieren. Robert B. Hubbell

@charlesgaba.com is a hero and downloaded CDC’s entire website. A small group of us has come together to preserve this critical resource and make it accessible to the scientific community. More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.

You can't do right by our friend Berthold, he just loves to complain about women. #medievalsexuality #medievalsky #livinghistory #reenactment #womeninhistory #medievalwomen #costuming

So damn relateable!.... also should probably look after my turnshoes...

1/5 Let's talk about the medieval strophium! What did people do before supportive underwear was a thing (and perhaps in more rural, working class contexts)? We know from medieval text sources, that bandaging breasts was a solution, that people with larger breasts used. #livinghistory #medievalsky

1/5 I recently heard the notion in an online discussion, that medieval christian veiling was a matter of practicality. That is something I have heard quite regulary in reenactment/living history circles and it always irks me a bit when that aspect of veiling is so heavily emphasised. #livinghistory

Die Aktion knallt. Heute konnten wir den seit Wochen koordinierten Rückzug von über 60 Hochschulen, Unis+ weiteren Forschungsinstitutionen aus X vermelden. Und die Medien reagieren. Überall dort, wo ausgebildete Journalist:innen in den Redaktionen arbeiten, kommt unsere gemeinsame PM an.

This understanding of virginity was standard in the middle ages. It also included ye olde hymen breaking myth. "De Secretis Mulierum" is a collection of medieval and ancient knowledge about gyneacology from the background of the medical university in Salerno in the 12th century. 1/6 #medievalsky

It’s not Christmas or even Hanukkah anymore and yet look what I just got: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... @rmkarras.bsky.social #medievalsky

We never change, do we? #medievalsky #medievalhistory @goingmedieval.bsky.social

The removal of pubic hair really is no modern topic. Although we can assume most medieval people did not have the leisure to spend a lot of their time on an extended beauty regime, the hairless vulva was a sign of the ideal, the youthfull woman. 1/8 #medievalsexuality #medievalsky #medievalwomen

The first ever description of the female orgasm can be found in the writings of Hildegard von Bingen. And I would say, it is pretty accurate in regards to what it feels like, right? 1/ #medievalwomen #medievalsexuality #medievalsky #livinghistory #reenactment

Henceforth, humiliating yourself on the internet should be known as a "self-owen"

Imagine receiving Rape and death threats for completing your PhD on "Olfactory Ethics: The politics of smell in modern and contemporary prose". Men are really threatened by anything Especially by woman doing well Pathetic blokes www.bbc.com/news/article...

Can you solve the riddle 😉? Answer in comments. #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #reenactment #medievalsky

Walahfrid's Advent calendar, door 7. Horehound (Marrubium vulgare) If ever A vicious stepmother mixes in your drink Subtle poisons, or makes a treacherous dish Of lethal aconite for you, don't waste a moment — Take a dose of wholesaome horehound, that Will counteract the danger you suspect.

Let's connect, fellow women's history nerds! #medievalsky

Latest entry in my niche collection of early medieval people whose album I would buy. #medievalsky

1/4 "If you wash the t*ts with the juice, they will not become bigger" In the high and late middle ages, the ideal for breasts was for them to be apple shaped, small, firm, separated, white skinned and with small nipples. The youthfull breast that has never nursed a child. #MedievalSky

The Medieval Cult of Mary’s Hair https://www.medievalists.net/2023/12/medieval-cult-mary-hair/ #Hagiography #Religion

1/4 "He burns the painted and the dyed. They are the bad people walking on the trenches, they deliver the devil a thousand souls all day, a helbling or pfennig a piece." Makeup was definitely a topic in the high and late middle ages for women throughout all classes and life situations. #MedievalSky

it’s a side wound…A SIDE WOUND!

A late medieval contraceptive amulette after descriptions from 14th century french text sources. More on my blog (link in bio). 1/3 #livinghistory #medieval #mittelalter #reenactment #14thcentury #pluckingroses #medievalsexuality #womenshistory #womeninlivinghistory #medievalmedicine