I was taught in high school that droit du seigneur was a right that allowed feudal lords to have sexual relationship with women on their wedding nights. But, going from the assumption that most of the feudal society in central europe was catholic, how would this be accepted?
Do we have any evidence that Droit du seigneur/lord's right to the first night was a real thing? If not, where does the idea come from? written by u/idjet
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In Medieval Europe, if a female serf was very pretty would the Lord who owns her land simply take her as his wife? Even if she was already married? written by u/sunagainstgold
EDIT: fixed typo in sunagainstgold's name