What Women Did to Convince Him for Sex in the Middle Ages

There was another thing that medieval historians encountered while revealing the characteristics of the period: women, to put their husbands to bed the methods they use. Or should we say tricks?

Medieval women took the phrase “adding love to food” to the next level and added their bodies to meals, making their husbands love more. to make ‘hot’ If you’re ready to learn what they do, let’s get started.

The idea that food and sex are somehow connected is well established in western cultures.

The idea that many foods and drinks had aphrodisiac properties was widely accepted in the Middle Ages. In other words, it was so accepted that people will affect sexual life He was thinking and cooking accordingly.

In addition, malnutrition in those periods impotence and infertility They believed that it could cause problems such as these, and that a good diet could solve this problem. In addition to chickpeas being the most important aphrodisiac at that time, pepper, wine and egg yolk were also believed to produce semen.

If foods have an aphrodisiac effect, shouldn’t they write recipes accordingly?

All these foods and drinks that had aphrodisiac effects and increased semen became a source of recipes for doctors. Nowadays Recipes called “old folk medicine”, At that time, it was a treatment drug for men with poor sexual performance.

For men who wanted to abstain from sexual intercourse, such as clergy, there were other recipes to dry the semen and eliminate the desire for intercourse. Based on these ideas, women also criticize men who stay away from sexual intercourse. He could persuade with food.

It is said that women were trying to make their husbands eat things that were in contact with their bodies.

Women were not content with making aphrodisiac dishes, they were also combining them with their bodies. Allegedly; plasticine, They were kneading their naked bodies And then they made bread from that dough and served it to their wives.

On the other hand, they believed that honey, like many foods of that period, was an aphrodisiac and the honey they put all over their bodies, They would later scrape it and include it in meals.

Let’s raise the bar even higher, shall we?

In a book written by the 10th-century bishop Buchard of Worms, some women put a live fish in their vagina It was said that they waited until the animal died, then cooked it and served it to their wives. Of course, it is up to you to believe in something at this level or not…

Allegedly, all of these Convincing men who stay away from sex and it was to make men’s love for women more ‘hot’.

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