{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60032060-080e-42c5-ac26-f93fc2b4d612/62581af1f25a1200131315c3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Medieval Sex","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6215faef4b795a5d1ffd3b62/1647338597774-a2404f1ce8cc1a6d2c15dc1705392021.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>*WARNING this episode includes explicit language and adult themes*</p><p><br></p><p>What were your medieval ancestors getting up to in the bedroom? Join sex historian Kate Lister, Betwixt the Sheets, to find out.</p><p><br></p><p>Medievalist and George Michael super-fan Dr Eleanor Janega is on the podcast to chat all things aphrodisiacs, sex diaries and religious rules.</p><p><br></p><p>Hear about bizarre fertility treatments involving actual fish in places they should never go, medieval chat up lines, and much, much more.</p><p><br></p><p>You can watch Kate and Eleanor on screen together in History Hit's documentary, Medieval Pleasures <a href=\"https://access.historyhit.com/videos/medieval-pleasures-sex\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here.</a></p><p><br></p><p>Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Annie Coloe.</p><p><br></p><p>Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal &amp; Society. A podcast by History Hit.</p><p><br></p><p>This podcast includes music by Epidemic Sounds and archive clips from The Princess Bride 1987, Angela MacNamara's Sex Education for Girls 1980.</p>","author_name":"History Hit"}