Hairshirts and The Sacred Heart: Medieval Tattooing with Dr. Eleanor Janega

The Medieval period is one of the few spaces in history where evidence of tattooing is scarce, but on this episode of Beneath the Skin we are joined by the internet's favourite Medieval historian Dr. Eleanor Janega to help us unpack the inked history of early Christendom.  Eleanor teaches at the LSE and she specialises in sexuality, apocalypticism, propaganda, and the urban experience. You can pre-order Eleanors upcoming book The Once and Future Sex, which is an exploration of medieval thinking on women’s beauty, sexuality, and behavior here  BONUS EPISODES + SUPPORT THE SHOW If you want to follow us online for more updates CLICK HERE Production by Thomas O'Mahony Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_art) Intro Music by Dan McKenna If you would like to get in touch you can email the show on [email protected]