>I am trying to assemble a small paper on the facts behind the >stories/legends/myths/recycled gossip that circulate on the subject= of >chastity belts. However, I am finding it almost impossible to find= any >primary or reliable secondary information on the subject. This may= well >be because I'm in Australia, which would explain the lack of primary >info, but I can't find *anything* beyond salacious stories, bad= jokes and >allegorical cartoons. As far as I can establish, the damned things= never >existed - which will make the paper a very small one indeed! Les "ceintures de chastete'" existent ! Il y en a au Muse'e de Cluny (muse'e du Moyen Age), =E0 Paris : Muse'e de Cluny, 6, place Paul Painleve' 75005 PARIS Bonne chance ! Philippe Mennecier <[log in to unmask]>