medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I shared these with several colleagues across the US. One responded with: I have one to add to the collection. In my Chaucer class I spoke about the debitum conjugalis and I translated it (orally) as "the conjugal debt." One of my student defined it as "the conjugal death: when a woman has to have sex with her husband even though she doesn't want to." Cordially, Jane Jane E. Connolly Professor of Spanish and Senior Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities College of Arts and Sciences University of Miami P.O. Box 248004 Coral Gables, FL 33124-4620 http://www.as.miami.edu phone: 305 284-5585 fax: 305 284-2068 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html