Sex in History

accused adultery attempt attitudes became become behaviour brothel CALIFORN called Calvin Cathars Celts century ceremony character chaste chastity Christ Christian Church claim conception court dancing death deity desire developed devil divine divorce doctrine early ecclesiastical England existence fact father fear feeling felt fertility flagellation fornication girl Greeks guilt heresy heretical homosexuality honour Horned God husband idea ideal important imposed incest Incubus instance intercourse kiss lady licence magical marriage married married couples matriarchy matrist mediaeval Middle Ages Mithraism morality mother movement mystery religions night nuns obsessive offences pagan penalty penitential performed perhaps period persons pleasure Pope preoccupation priest prostitution psychological Puritans Reformation relationship religion religious Renaissance repression romantic says seducing seems sense sexual act sexual matters social society sodomy story super-ego taboos Thanatos tion torture trend troubadours unconscious Victorian violence Virgin wife witchcraft witches woman women worship