Day: March 30, 2024
Richeut: 12th-century tale of paternity fraud & child support
In the twelfth-century French tale Richeut, the title character Richeut is a mistress of harlotry. Frustrated with her insufficient earnings from whoring, Richeut plots to get pregnant to extract more money from men. She drinks mandrake and hellebore and has sex with many men. She succeeds in getting pregnant. Richeut then goes to one of …
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