Medieval Europe's Biggest Sex Scandal
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Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
44 min
4 speakers
5 chapters
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Oh, Betwixtas. Betwixty, Twixty, Twixty, Twixtas. Last year, you really pulled it out of the bag for us. The bag, pockets, wherever you are storing the it, you pulled it out from there. We won the Listener's Choice Awards at the British Podcast Awards last year. Do you remember that? Do you remember that? I certainly remember that. And I mostly remember that because none of us thought that that was ever, ever, ever going to actually happen. And it did.
And it did.
And it was so fabulous because that award came from you guys but it also helped more people find us and it helped boost the show and it just gave us top bragging rights around history hit. But what goes around comes around and the nominations are open once again and now I'm feeling the pressure because it's ours to lose, isn't it? So we are hoping upon hope that you might just help us do this again. So if you have ever smirked, giggled or even, God forbid, learnt something whilst listening to Betwixt the Sheets, then you can vote for us for the Listener's Choice Awards at this year's British Podcast Awards. It'll take 30 seconds of your entire life at the most. Just follow the link in the show notes, search for Betwixt and vote.
And please remember to click on the confirmation email that will come through afterwards. Otherwise, it won't count. And who knows? Maybe we could do it again. Maybe we could be a double winner. Wouldn't that be something? Right, on with the show. Hello, my lovely Betwixters. It's me, Kate Lister. Welcome back to Betwixt the Sheets. Hello. How fabulous it is to see you once again, you little historical pervert. Yeah, I know. I know what you really are. I know why you're here. It's why I'm here as well. But before we can go any further together, I do have to tell you, this is an adult podcast, spoken by adults to other adults, about adult things in an adult way, covering a range of adult subjects, and you should be an adult too.
Do you feel safer? I certainly feel safer. Right, let's crack on. Well, we are in a convent, as it happens, and so far, nobody on the Betwixt team has burst into flames, which is all for the good. Now, the women in here seem so calm and so serene in their situations, quietly praying, doing a little bit of sewing, but what's that sound that I can hear? That is a quill really going at it. That is Eloise, and she is writing again. What is she writing? things that nuns should not be writing she says even during the celebration of the mass when our prayers should be pure lewd visions of those pleasures take such hold upon my unhappy soul i should be groaning over the sins i've committed but i can only sigh for what i've lost eloise eloise if i had pills i would clutch them i'm not sure that you should be thinking about that in church
Well, hello and welcome back to Betwixt the Sheets, the history of sex, scandal and society with me, Kate Lister.
In the 12th century, a 40-year-old Catholic professor has an affair with his student. That is not good. That is not good. But he did pay a terrible price for doing so. So how has that rather gruesome story gone down as one of the greatest love stories in history? Well, today I'm joined by the one and only Dr. Eleni Yanager to talk about Eloise and Abelard. Twin flames whose loves burn their lives to the ground, ending up in a monastery and in a nunnery, respectively. Are you ready to do it? Let's do this.
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Well, hello, Eleanor Janneger. Thank you so much for dropping by our new studio. How the hell are you?
Oh, I'm great. I am considering moving in here because Aircon's quite good, isn't it? The Aircon is fabulous.
And the decor is pretty damn good as well. I like my banana. Yeah, that is pretty good.
Yeah, damn. All right.
But we're not here to talk about bananas. We are here to talk about, well, slightly talk about bananas. Ayo. Ayo. We're here to talk about one of the greatest love stories ever, or at least that's often how it's pitched. The Victorians went nuts for this, didn't they? Eloise and Abelard.
Oh, man. Two of the best to ever do it.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:02
2
What is the Betwixt the Sheets episode about and who is the guest?
5:02–17:31
3
What was the 12th-century academic world like where Abelard and Heloise met?
17:31–17:43
4
Who were Peter Abelard and Heloise and how did their teacher‑student relationship begin?
17:43–36:07
5
How did Abelard and Heloise’s affair develop and why is it problematic?
36:07–44:53