A few notes:
The purpose of this hat is literally to face-lift.
Woman was considered appropriate if her cleavage wasn’t lower than her armpit.
Confessors were handed manuals listing various sexual deviations. That didn’t give anyone any ideas, I’m sure.
One of a very few reasons a lady could get a divorce was if her husband couldn’t perform in bed. He had to prove himself, in front of a few crones. Or maybe those were MILFs? Who knows.
Also, relatives witnessing consumation or at least hearing had similar purpose: so no side could break the marriage.
Illiterate didn’t mean “cannot read”. It meant “cannot read Latin”, which is a different thing, one must agree.
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