Chastity Facts:

The first documented reference

to the term "chastity belt" is

credited to R'gine Pernoud, a

Medieval historian who, in the

14th Century explained that a

simple cord worn around the

waist was a symbol of chastity

(such as the robes of a monk

or priest - the cord around his

waist is a symbol of his vows

of chastity and purity).

The first written evidence of a

chastity belt was recorded by

Keyser von Eichstad, a retired

solider who compiled a

manuscript in 1405 about the

art of war and military

equipment. In his book

"Bellifortis" he included a

drawing of a chastity belt,

with the inscription "Est

florentinarum hoc bracile

dominarum ferreum et durum

ab antea sit reseratum"

("breeches of hard

Florentine iron that are closed

at the front").

This chastity belt was worn

by the women of Florence,

Italy as a method of preventing

rape. The Bellifortis manuscript

is held in the library of Goettingen University, Germany.

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