[HIGHLIGHTS] Katherine Harvey, historian of sex in the Middle Ages: "What would have bothered us most in the medieval bed is the lack of intimacy"

British scholar publishes 'The fires of lust', a work in which she dismantles stereotypes and offers surprising data. In general, all sex for non-reproductive purposes was considered a sin and was viewed with very bad eyes.

Instead, interfemoral copulation was practiced, in which the penis is placed between the thighs; It worked as a method of contraception but seemed less sinful to them. The knowledge was limited compared to ours, and not too accurate. The woman was regarded as an inverted and cold man.