ETA: Even if Fredersdorf weren't a commoner, I can't imagine Fritz would have wanted to share!
Haha! It would only work if Fredersdorf were super reluctant and only willing to make the great sacrifice for his prince. But even then, Fritz would have to propose it, and...no.
Love the mental image, though.
(am I projecting twenty-first century religiously-conservative attitudes on this??
Maybe? I'll let selenak weigh in on 18th century mores, but I feel like it's the act of non-procreative-and-church-authorized sex that's the problem, not the baby-making per se. I mean, masturbation is also off the table, and we have the Biblical "he who lusts in his heart after a woman is guilty of adultery" prohibition that I feel that FW totally bought into, and the idea that chasing women makes you not only a sinner but effeminate and weak and likely to spend money on them, all of which I feel were a bigger deal to FW than any inadvertent babies. Though he certainly wouldn't want him or his son financially supporting these wages of sin, that's for sure.
Fertile SD, though, definitely an example on Fritz's mind. "I had sex with her twice! I even managed to ejaculate once. She must not be fertile and there's no point in continuing. Yay! I mean, that's terrible. Nobody panic, though: Mom and Dad more than made up for my lackluster procreating efforts! I'm sure to have nephews and great-nephews in droves."
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Re: But what is really going on here?: The Austrian Dossier (Seckendorff III)
Date: 2020-02-04 06:02 am (UTC)Haha! It would only work if Fredersdorf were super reluctant and only willing to make the great sacrifice for his prince. But even then, Fritz would have to propose it, and...no.
Love the mental image, though.
(am I projecting twenty-first century religiously-conservative attitudes on this??
Maybe? I'll let
Fertile SD, though, definitely an example on Fritz's mind. "I had sex with her twice! I even managed to ejaculate once. She must not be fertile and there's no point in continuing.
Yay!I mean, that's terrible. Nobody panic, though: Mom and Dad more than made up for my lackluster procreating efforts! I'm sure to have nephews and great-nephews in droves."