#medieval misogyny

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the-mad-medievalist:

gotta love the fact that of the two lives of St Radegund, the one written by a nun is all about her good work for the community and the one written by a monk is torture porn. 

this is from the Vita Radegundis of the nun Baudonivia:

(that attitude. i’d literally let radegund drive her horse over me.)

and this is from her Life by Fortunatus, who clearly had a problem (proceed with caution: very violent self-harm)

gotta love the fact that of the two lives of St Radegund, the one written by a nun is all about her good work for the community and the one written by a monk is torture porn. 

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