The Joys of Research #2
St Ailred of Rievaulx, a distinguished Cistercian abbot of the twelfth century describes to his readers the story of 'The Nun of Watton' who after being discovered to have had an affair was made to castrate her lover in the presence of the other nuns, and I quote...
'his bleeding testicles were then pushed into her mouth as a symbolic revenge for the violation of her chastity.'
'his bleeding testicles were then pushed into her mouth as a symbolic revenge for the violation of her chastity.'