Having sex in the Middle Ages it was very difficult

• Having sex in the Middle Ages it was very difficult to

Forget about the romance of beautiful ladies in distress and noble knight in shining armor on a white horse. Because to show their love, namely sex, in the Middle Ages, beginning with the V century to the XV, it was very difficult.

For example, it was considered a sin to make love on Sundays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. As well as day and no clothes. If the wife month, she is pregnant or breastfeeding her child - even more so. The same was true time of Lent, Easter and other religious holidays and fasting. Actually allowed to have sex in the case if the couple would like to have a baby, but forbidden partner caresses, obscene kisses "indecent" position. And God forbid someone gets fun during the process, no, no.

As you can imagine, to find a secluded place to retire, in those early feudal times was too difficult - often the room was cramped, cold and damp. Here in the fields or in the barn, the hay was convenient.

In order to help people in this difficult task, the church had a book or church of the Penal Code "Penitentsial", which refers to the period for conceiving children. According to this book, all the poses, but "missionary", is considered a sin and were banned.

Under the strict prohibition also got oral and anal sex and masturbation - these kinds of contacts did not result in the birth of children that was to convince the purists, the only reason for making love. Violators were punished severely: three years of penance and ministry of the church for having sex in any of the "deviant" positions.

But in those days, not only the Church condemns all inappropriate forms of love - royals, nobles and landowners violently punished loving youth. The French king Felipe IV, known as Philip the Fair, once discovered that some of the knights were involved in a relationship with his three unmarried daughters. Men he arrested and executed, and daughters, banished to a monastery - to atone for sins.

I wonder that prostitution flourished in the Middle Ages and the Church either ignored or seen as a necessary evil in this world. Even Thomas Aquinas, an Italian philosopher and theologian, believed that "if you kill prostitutes, the force of passion to destroy everything."

In many cities we have worked brothels and prostitutes can be distinguished on the garment, which sported a bright yellow stripe. Often among the regular customers were people from the upper classes.

How glad we are that we live not in the Middle Ages.