The Belt of Fidelity is the keeper of virtue

The history of this invention is rather controversial, since it is not known for certain who exactly and when invented the belt of fidelity,

However, there is an opinion that its analogueexisted even in ancient Greece. He consisted of two strips of skin, one of which passed between the legs, and the other wrapped around the waist. As a rule, slaves were forced to wear it, in order not to become pregnant and not to lose work capacity, since this was absolutely in the hands of the slaveholder. Very useful was the invention of the Greeks in the Middle Ages. One German emperor, whose name was concealed from us by history, being very jealous and incredulous, introduced the tradition of locking his wife to the castle whenever he was forced to leave his native lands. Only its construction was more like a tool of torture, it was made by a blacksmith and was a bulky metal belt with a lot of locks. He had only one key, which was kept only by an alert spouse.

Chastity Belt

Belt of fidelity is a medieval invention,guaranteeing the knights of those years peace and confidence in the moral conduct of his wife. This humiliating "underwear", which received the greatest popularity during the crusades, brought incredible torments to its owners, they formed bedsores, calluses on intimate places and the waist, the figure was deformed. But the most terrible consequences were when such a belt of fidelity, not even suspecting it, was worn on a pregnant woman, and it interfered with natural changes in the body. At the autopsy of the ancient burial places of that time, historians found female skeletons dressed in "belts of virtue," presumably they could be widows who had not waited for their husbands to fight feats.

Burgundy Castle

And yet it is an innovative inventionGerman monarch was widely known and popular among men of the Renaissance, it became fashionable throughout Europe. Belts, being a fashion accessory, were made of bull skin and supplemented with gold and silver ornaments. The most exquisite models were made in Bergamo and Venice, hence these means of preserving female chastity and got their names: "Venetian lattice" and "Burgundy castle". It should be noted that the feminine belt of fidelity was by no means a cheap "decoration", only well-off classes could afford it. Mothers put on their daughters "Burgundy Castle" years from 12, and the key from it was solemnly handed to the groom on the day of the wedding. This bride was considered a real treasure, because in those days, even among the 15-year-old ladies to find a virgin was a great rarity.

Double game

The nature of man is such that to any castleit seeks to find the key. Of course, the cleverest also found a cure for this disease. Mad money cost the wife or her passionate lover the manufacture of the second cherished key from the belt. When it became common knowledge about the trick with duplicates, the owners of sexual persons began to resort to the help of jewelers who invented for them the most ingenious locks.

Varieties of belts of "virtue"

For the first time the man's belt of fidelity was invented inVictorian England. His goal was to prevent boys from masturbating, as there was an opinion that it leads to insanity, blindness and unexplained sudden death. Belt of fidelity and today has not lost its relevance, however, now it is only an attribute of sexual games, is made of more hygienic and soft materials, and you can buy it in any sex shop.