Medieval Sex | Betwixt The Sheets Podcast - Video

*WARNING this episode includes explicit language and adult themes*

What were your medieval ancestors getting up to in the bedroom? Join sex historian Kate Lister, Betwixt the Sheets, to find out.

Medievalist and George Michael super-fan Dr Eleanor Janega is on the podcast to chat all things aphrodisiacs, sex diaries and religious rules.

Hear about bizarre fertility treatments involving actual fish in places they should never go, medieval chat up lines, and much much more.

You can watch Kate and Eleanor on screen together in History Hit's documentary, Medieval Pleasures.

Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Annie Coloe.

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This podcast includes music by Epidemic Sounds and archive clips from The Princess Bride 1987, Angela MacNamara's Sex Education for Girls 1980.