Das gemeine Wip
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A living history project focusing on sexuality, sex work and women's medicine, bodies and identities in late medieval middle Europe.
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Instagram: @das.gemeine.wip
Mastodon: @das_gemeine_wip
and https://wh1350.at/en/category/womens-stuff/
1/5 Free spirits in the middle ages?
Medieval people were not a monolith. In fact, we find lots of examples of people questioning the church and its moral teachings.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #reenactment
Medieval people were not a monolith. In fact, we find lots of examples of people questioning the church and its moral teachings.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #reenactment
December 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
1/5 Free spirits in the middle ages?
Medieval people were not a monolith. In fact, we find lots of examples of people questioning the church and its moral teachings.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #reenactment
Medieval people were not a monolith. In fact, we find lots of examples of people questioning the church and its moral teachings.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #reenactment
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Female masturbation as a grotesque on the townhall of Saint Quentin, France, likely 15th century
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#medievalsexuality #medievalart #medieval #middleages #15thcentury #14thcentury #mittelalter #livinghistory #reenactment #medievalsky
September 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Female masturbation as a grotesque on the townhall of Saint Quentin, France, likely 15th century
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#medievalsexuality #medievalart #medieval #middleages #15thcentury #14thcentury #mittelalter #livinghistory #reenactment #medievalsky
3/4 His work allows for glimpses into the lifes at the fringes of society in the middle ages that are truly unique. In this poem about his girlfriend, the fat Madge/Margot (a nickname chosen after a talkative kind of bird) speaks to several of the readers emotions.
August 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
3/4 His work allows for glimpses into the lifes at the fringes of society in the middle ages that are truly unique. In this poem about his girlfriend, the fat Madge/Margot (a nickname chosen after a talkative kind of bird) speaks to several of the readers emotions.
2/4 He was highly educated but involved with organised crime, sex work and a life of sin and drinking. He spent time in prison and escaped the death penalty at least twice.
And btw., he was also a poet :-D
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And btw., he was also a poet :-D
#livinghistory #reenactment
August 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
2/4 He was highly educated but involved with organised crime, sex work and a life of sin and drinking. He spent time in prison and escaped the death penalty at least twice.
And btw., he was also a poet :-D
#livinghistory #reenactment
And btw., he was also a poet :-D
#livinghistory #reenactment
1/4 I just had to show you this incredible poem/ballad in full length.
Now, if you have not heard of Francois Villon yet, you have been missing out. At least take some time for his Wikipedia Entry. The guy has an insane vita.
#medievalsky
Now, if you have not heard of Francois Villon yet, you have been missing out. At least take some time for his Wikipedia Entry. The guy has an insane vita.
#medievalsky
August 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
1/4 I just had to show you this incredible poem/ballad in full length.
Now, if you have not heard of Francois Villon yet, you have been missing out. At least take some time for his Wikipedia Entry. The guy has an insane vita.
#medievalsky
Now, if you have not heard of Francois Villon yet, you have been missing out. At least take some time for his Wikipedia Entry. The guy has an insane vita.
#medievalsky
Do you know what the riddle is talking about?
Answer in the first comment 😉
The exeter book of riddles offers a variety of spicy and fun riddles, we solved two of them in earlier posts. Wikisource offers a translation where you find all of them for your next party-conversations 😀
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Answer in the first comment 😉
The exeter book of riddles offers a variety of spicy and fun riddles, we solved two of them in earlier posts. Wikisource offers a translation where you find all of them for your next party-conversations 😀
#medievalsky
August 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Do you know what the riddle is talking about?
Answer in the first comment 😉
The exeter book of riddles offers a variety of spicy and fun riddles, we solved two of them in earlier posts. Wikisource offers a translation where you find all of them for your next party-conversations 😀
#medievalsky
Answer in the first comment 😉
The exeter book of riddles offers a variety of spicy and fun riddles, we solved two of them in earlier posts. Wikisource offers a translation where you find all of them for your next party-conversations 😀
#medievalsky
🧵 1/ CW: domestic violence
The old woman's lament/old woman's confession is a very common trope in late medieval poetry and tells us about marginalised women's experiences.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #womenshistory #livinghistory #reenactment
The old woman's lament/old woman's confession is a very common trope in late medieval poetry and tells us about marginalised women's experiences.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #womenshistory #livinghistory #reenactment
August 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🧵 1/ CW: domestic violence
The old woman's lament/old woman's confession is a very common trope in late medieval poetry and tells us about marginalised women's experiences.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #womenshistory #livinghistory #reenactment
The old woman's lament/old woman's confession is a very common trope in late medieval poetry and tells us about marginalised women's experiences.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #womenshistory #livinghistory #reenactment
...And nowadays, they will send you a "wyd, 🍆💦🍑"...
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#medievalsky #livinghistory #13thcentury #medievalsexuality
July 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
...And nowadays, they will send you a "wyd, 🍆💦🍑"...
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#medievalsky #livinghistory #13thcentury #medievalsexuality
1/5 An impressive example of the request for sex work services among the population was the Council of Constance from 1414-1418.
The council is a terribly interesting story, which you should read up on, but it is too long to tell here.
#medievalsky #livinghistory #mittelalter #medievalwomen
The council is a terribly interesting story, which you should read up on, but it is too long to tell here.
#medievalsky #livinghistory #mittelalter #medievalwomen
July 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
1/5 An impressive example of the request for sex work services among the population was the Council of Constance from 1414-1418.
The council is a terribly interesting story, which you should read up on, but it is too long to tell here.
#medievalsky #livinghistory #mittelalter #medievalwomen
The council is a terribly interesting story, which you should read up on, but it is too long to tell here.
#medievalsky #livinghistory #mittelalter #medievalwomen
1/4 In medieval stories like the Decameron, we often hear about priests and monks who had a hard time sticking to their vow of celibacy.
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#medievalsexuality
#livinghistory
#reenactment
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#medievalsexuality
#livinghistory
#reenactment
July 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
1/4 In medieval stories like the Decameron, we often hear about priests and monks who had a hard time sticking to their vow of celibacy.
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#medievalsexuality
#livinghistory
#reenactment
#medievalsky
#medievalsexuality
#livinghistory
#reenactment
The book of the civilised man is a collection of advice for young noble men.It goes from pratical advice via moral lessons to table-manners and personal grooming. The author also included advice on how to treat women and sexual urges. And spoiler alert, he is not a huge feminist. 😀
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May 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The book of the civilised man is a collection of advice for young noble men.It goes from pratical advice via moral lessons to table-manners and personal grooming. The author also included advice on how to treat women and sexual urges. And spoiler alert, he is not a huge feminist. 😀
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
The humanist and later Pope Pius II visited Vienna in the 1450s and was apparently shocked at what he encountered.
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #latemedieval #middleages #mittelalter #medievalwomen #14thcentury #15thcentury #livinghistory #reenactment
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #latemedieval #middleages #mittelalter #medievalwomen #14thcentury #15thcentury #livinghistory #reenactment
May 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The humanist and later Pope Pius II visited Vienna in the 1450s and was apparently shocked at what he encountered.
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #latemedieval #middleages #mittelalter #medievalwomen #14thcentury #15thcentury #livinghistory #reenactment
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #latemedieval #middleages #mittelalter #medievalwomen #14thcentury #15thcentury #livinghistory #reenactment
1/4 Therapeutical masturbation is often known to modern people as a weird victorian practice, but it is actually much older, going back to the times of Hippokrates and Galen.
#medievalsky #medievalwomen #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth
#medievalsky #medievalwomen #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth
March 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
1/4 Therapeutical masturbation is often known to modern people as a weird victorian practice, but it is actually much older, going back to the times of Hippokrates and Galen.
#medievalsky #medievalwomen #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth
#medievalsky #medievalwomen #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth
1/2 A sex worker in her makeshift leaf and twig shelter/tent on a market with a client.
Sex workers were traveling for occasions in which many people and therefor potential clients came together.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #14thcentury #medievalwomen #womeninhistory
Sex workers were traveling for occasions in which many people and therefor potential clients came together.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #14thcentury #medievalwomen #womeninhistory
February 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
1/2 A sex worker in her makeshift leaf and twig shelter/tent on a market with a client.
Sex workers were traveling for occasions in which many people and therefor potential clients came together.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #14thcentury #medievalwomen #womeninhistory
Sex workers were traveling for occasions in which many people and therefor potential clients came together.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #14thcentury #medievalwomen #womeninhistory
1/2 This lyrical call to non-monogamy was written by William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou and btw. the grandfather of famous Eleanore of Aquitaine.
Next to working politics and going on crusade, he was also a poet. Only a handfull of his poems survived.
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Next to working politics and going on crusade, he was also a poet. Only a handfull of his poems survived.
#medievalsky
February 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
1/2 This lyrical call to non-monogamy was written by William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou and btw. the grandfather of famous Eleanore of Aquitaine.
Next to working politics and going on crusade, he was also a poet. Only a handfull of his poems survived.
#medievalsky
Next to working politics and going on crusade, he was also a poet. Only a handfull of his poems survived.
#medievalsky
You can't do right by our friend Berthold, he just loves to complain about women.
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #livinghistory #reenactment #womeninhistory #medievalwomen #costuming
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #livinghistory #reenactment #womeninhistory #medievalwomen #costuming
January 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
You can't do right by our friend Berthold, he just loves to complain about women.
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #livinghistory #reenactment #womeninhistory #medievalwomen #costuming
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #livinghistory #reenactment #womeninhistory #medievalwomen #costuming
1/5 Let's talk about the medieval strophium!
What did people do before supportive underwear was a thing (and perhaps in more rural, working class contexts)?
We know from medieval text sources, that bandaging breasts was a solution, that people with larger breasts used.
#livinghistory #medievalsky
What did people do before supportive underwear was a thing (and perhaps in more rural, working class contexts)?
We know from medieval text sources, that bandaging breasts was a solution, that people with larger breasts used.
#livinghistory #medievalsky
January 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
1/5 Let's talk about the medieval strophium!
What did people do before supportive underwear was a thing (and perhaps in more rural, working class contexts)?
We know from medieval text sources, that bandaging breasts was a solution, that people with larger breasts used.
#livinghistory #medievalsky
What did people do before supportive underwear was a thing (and perhaps in more rural, working class contexts)?
We know from medieval text sources, that bandaging breasts was a solution, that people with larger breasts used.
#livinghistory #medievalsky
1/5 I recently heard the notion in an online discussion, that medieval christian veiling was a matter of practicality.
That is something I have heard quite regulary in reenactment/living history circles and it always irks me a bit when that aspect of veiling is so heavily emphasised.
#livinghistory
That is something I have heard quite regulary in reenactment/living history circles and it always irks me a bit when that aspect of veiling is so heavily emphasised.
#livinghistory
January 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
1/5 I recently heard the notion in an online discussion, that medieval christian veiling was a matter of practicality.
That is something I have heard quite regulary in reenactment/living history circles and it always irks me a bit when that aspect of veiling is so heavily emphasised.
#livinghistory
That is something I have heard quite regulary in reenactment/living history circles and it always irks me a bit when that aspect of veiling is so heavily emphasised.
#livinghistory
This understanding of virginity was standard in the middle ages. It also included ye olde hymen breaking myth. "De Secretis Mulierum" is a collection of medieval and ancient knowledge about gyneacology from the background of the medical university in Salerno in the 12th century. 1/6
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January 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This understanding of virginity was standard in the middle ages. It also included ye olde hymen breaking myth. "De Secretis Mulierum" is a collection of medieval and ancient knowledge about gyneacology from the background of the medical university in Salerno in the 12th century. 1/6
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
The removal of pubic hair really is no modern topic.
Although we can assume most medieval people did not have the leisure to spend a lot of their time on an extended beauty regime, the hairless vulva was a sign of the ideal, the youthfull woman. 1/8
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Although we can assume most medieval people did not have the leisure to spend a lot of their time on an extended beauty regime, the hairless vulva was a sign of the ideal, the youthfull woman. 1/8
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #medievalwomen
December 14, 2024 at 9:27 PM
The removal of pubic hair really is no modern topic.
Although we can assume most medieval people did not have the leisure to spend a lot of their time on an extended beauty regime, the hairless vulva was a sign of the ideal, the youthfull woman. 1/8
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #medievalwomen
Although we can assume most medieval people did not have the leisure to spend a lot of their time on an extended beauty regime, the hairless vulva was a sign of the ideal, the youthfull woman. 1/8
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #medievalwomen
The first ever description of the female orgasm can be found in the writings of Hildegard von Bingen. And I would say, it is pretty accurate in regards to what it feels like, right? 1/
#medievalwomen #medievalsexuality #medievalsky #livinghistory #reenactment
#medievalwomen #medievalsexuality #medievalsky #livinghistory #reenactment
December 11, 2024 at 5:40 PM
The first ever description of the female orgasm can be found in the writings of Hildegard von Bingen. And I would say, it is pretty accurate in regards to what it feels like, right? 1/
#medievalwomen #medievalsexuality #medievalsky #livinghistory #reenactment
#medievalwomen #medievalsexuality #medievalsky #livinghistory #reenactment
Can you solve the riddle 😉? Answer in comments.
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#medievalsexuality #livinghistory #reenactment #medievalsky
December 8, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Can you solve the riddle 😉? Answer in comments.
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#medievalsexuality #livinghistory #reenactment #medievalsky