medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:25:45 -0400, John Shinners wrote:
> But nothing there about how many other people might have been milling about during all this blessing.
>Best,
>John
Wasn't there a practice of hanging around outside the bedroom listening to the proceedings? I seem to recall some traditional German wedding customs that
derive from that practice, but they escape me at the moment.
Bearing in mind that medieval society had far far less privacy than our own, its not terribly surprising.
George the Less (actually happy not to have the whole family in the bedroom . . . real happy)
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