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nun of Watton

the pregnant abbess, the nun of Watton, and cuckolded husbands

Unlike the miracle of the pregnant abbess, a cuckolded husband delivered of an unwanted child wasn’t included in medieval handbooks for preparing homilies. … Read the post the pregnant abbess, the nun of Watton, and cuckolded husbands

Nun of Watton: judging seduction and castration

About the year 1160, terrible events occurred at the Gilbertine monastery in Watton: a nun of Watton was seduced, and a lay brother castrated. … Read the post Nun of Watton: judging seduction and castration