Tuesday 29 March 2011

The pie chart of procrastination



I like to call this the 'pie-chart of procrastination'. I'm currently writing an essay on medieval childbirth and in my reading I came across some interesting facts. Did you know...?
  • A woman who commits adultery shall do penance for three years as a fornicator. So also shall she do penance who takes her husband's semen in her food for the increase of love.
  • If a man has intercourse with his wife from behind, he shall do penance for forty days for the first time.
This is from The Penitential of Theodore, who was Anglosaxon rather than medieval, but I found it amusing. Clearly these Anglosaxons were dirtier than we thought.

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