Past Programs
Sex and Sexuality - 2008
The Chastity Belt Read Transcript
31/08/2008
Knights, damsels and chastity belts are the staple ingredients of medieval courtly tales, but although the first two existed, visiting scholar Albrecht Classen doubts the existence of the iron belts that guarded a wife's chastity. A specialist in the history of medieval sexuality, Classen looks at the evidence from art, literature, and museums.
