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"Adultery" among noblemen in Renaissance Europe seems only to have concerned relations with noblewomen (usually the wives of men of higher rank), not commoners or prostitutes. Did the Church actually have this understanding, or did they just perpetually look the other way?

by /u/Ormond-Is-Here in /r/AskHistorians

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