Medieval Sex

I shared this article with Kyle already.  How Medieval People Decided Whether Sex Was Acceptable (or not) - I don't think the "or not" was absolutely necessary - by Rose Eveleth over at Smithsonian.com.

This pretty much sums it up:
"Even the children born of sex during a period where the couple should have abstained — mainly based on the Church’s liturgical calendar and on the wife’s reproductive cycle — were to be considered bastards."

And a great link to a flowchart at the History Blog.  Remember to wash afterwards!
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/flowchart.png