Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
By History Hit
Join sex historian Kate Lister on Betwixt the Sheets as she gets intimate with the stories that would make your history teacher blush.
What were the Victorians really like behind closed (bedroom) doors? How did the Black Death favour women in medieval England? And what was Caesar like in the sack?
She'll be bed-hopping around different time periods; from ancient civilisations, to the middle ages, to renaissance and early modern...right up to now.
You’ll laugh, you’ll wince, and you’ll ask yourself how much has actually changed.
So join Kate Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society - a podcast from History Hit.
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Royal Sex: Elizabeth I
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Victorian Sex Work Scandal: The Prince And The Telegraph Boys
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Royal Sex: Catherine the Great
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Sex Lives of the Roman Legion
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Royal Sex: Marie Antoinette
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The Power of Medieval Gossip
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Royal Sex: Queen Victoria
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Why Were Ancient Dicks So Small?
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Sex Work in Victorian London
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