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Dear John, I *am* interested in seeing your references to the fourteenth-century inquisition references to commixtio sexuum as "intercourse." However I am still puzzled about the twelfth-century meaning of the words. I am still not happy about the modern interpretation of Gratian's idea of Commixtio. JH Arnold wrote: > I don't know if this is helpful, but in the early fourteenth century > inquisition registers one finds "commixitio" used to indicate sexual > congress; it is not the only word for it, and it varies from place to > place; and it is, of course, how the scribes render into latin the > vernacular interview ... nevertheless, it definitely means "sex" and not > anything more spiritual! > > i can get refs if you want 'em, but not right now ... > > cheers > john arnold > centre for medieval studies, york, england -- Frederik Pedersen Department of History and Economic History Meston Walk King's College Old Aberdeen AB9 2UB Scotland UK %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%