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Medieval Contraception with Eleanor Janega

The Medieval Podcast

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Is It OK to Have Children?

In Islam, it was acceptable for women not to have kids. In Judaism, there is the same kind of like a moral panics around women being quite horny. From a medieval Christian point of view, it's like, Oh, yeah, even within marriages. But now I will never forget it.

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