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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (16559)	1/23/1998 7:52:00 PM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

No one worried that much about MEN's sexual conduct. Women I think were held to a stricter standard [in the sixteenth century]. No, not really. There was a Spanish Queen (sorry, I'm too lazy to go look up the reference now) who had an impotent husband; she was pregnant so often a style of dress was named after her. The mistresses of great men--my favorite is Cecilia Gallerani--were much appreciated at court and not disparaged by anyone. Further down the food chain, "living together" was extremely common; couples often didn't marry till the husband was on his deathbed, so to legitimate the children. Trust me: it wasn't a big deal.