Nun pregnant?

The video exposes the dark, cruel, and lesser-known truths about the lives of nuns in medieval European convents:

Forced Confinement Instead of Free Will: The convent was often not a place of pure faith, but rather a convenient "dumping ground" for the aristocracy. Young girls whose families could not afford the exorbitant nuptial dowry for a wedding, or those deemed physically imperfect or politically inconvenient, were pushed into them.

Social "Death": The consecration ceremony literally resembled a funeral rite. The girls' hair was completely shorn, and they were stripped of their identity, property, and inheritance rights—legally speaking, they were dead to the outside world.

A Harsh Life and Physical Torment: They had to live in bitter cold, were subjected to a strict vow of silence, and performed grueling hard labor. Extreme fasting was a way of life, leading to a condition known as “Anorexia mirabilis” (holy anorexia). Anyone who broke the rules was publicly humiliated or forced to whip themselves until they bled.

The Dark Corners of Sexuality and Crime: Extremely suppressed desires led to secret affairs with priests or men from the outside. When nuns became pregnant, they often used herbs for abortion. If that failed, the bodies of the newborns were secretly hidden beneath the floorboards or within the convent walls.

Bloody Power Struggles: The abbesses who ruled the convents held enormous economic and political power—equivalent to that of a feudal lord. In the battle for this position, the nuns shrank from no intrigue, sometimes even using poison to eliminate rivals.

Mental Illness and "Exorcisms": Emotional repression, sleep deprivation, and hunger led to delusions and hallucinations for many nuns. The Church often interpreted these episodes of mass hysteria as "demonic possession," resulting in extremely violent and terrifying exorcism rituals.

In the end, the video concludes that these nuns were victims of a system that stripped them of their most basic human rights. Nevertheless, they tried to survive in the darkness, proving remarkable human strength.

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