Two lovers, from a 14th-century manuscript of the Le Roman de la Rose. Bibliothèque nationale de France

How medieval infertility was experienced and understood

Both families and the church assumed that the purpose of marriage was to have children. Couples who did not conceive often faced questions and scrutiny.

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