The Medieval Catholic Church’s Weird Obsession With Incest...

For most, incest is seen as sexual intimacy between anyone who is related by blood, like a parent and child, siblings, or cousins. We could even extend this to anyone who has a position of responsibility within a family such as step-parents, step-siblings, or aunts and uncles who have married in. However, it was during the Middle Ages that the Roman Catholic Church became obsessed with the subject, to the extent that it even caused arguments between kings and popes. Welcome to Medieval Madness

00:00 Introduction
00:45 Incest
02:43 Obsession
04:10 Degrees
05:46 A Declaration of Love
06:35 Papacy vs Monarchy
07:39 A Family Affair
08:57 It’s Not What You Know, It’s Who You Know

Narrated by James Wade
Written by Lisa E Rawcliffe
Edited by Jamit Productions

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