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First appearance of chastity belts in Europe
There has been much controversy as to when the first chastity belt appeared in Europe. There
is little doubt that
the idea of such a device was current at least as early as the second half of the twelfth century.
Thus in the
Guigemar Epic, which exhibits strong traces of Oriental influences, Marie de France narrates
an event which
suggests knowledge of such devices. It has also been suggested that a passage in the
"Livre du Voir-Dit" of the
fourteenth century poet Guillaume de Machaut can be interpreted in this way.