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This is probably a very dumb question but was "King of the village" an actual historical thing or something the author made up? I'm extremely curious.
Haven't read this far yet but- there are already lots of wrong things. First thing that caught my attention was the kiss as a greeting. You did two cheek kisses at some point in german history - but not on the mouth.
At least in that period in time, I assume this plays.
Gotta read further, bc I don't recognize "king of the village" XD
Someone else this question too and I did a lot of research on it. Basically no. There was no legal role of a slave like that BUT there could have been slaves that were forced to do that behind closed doors and with only the husband and wife knowing about it.
The evidence that points to it was that women in high standing had a certain amount of independence when it came to political interactions(they could fuck without marriage to improve relationships). Then there were cases of high pressure on a couple to have as many children as they could (they would be rewarded somehow by the gov. Probably by taxes relief or a settlement). And then the high pressures men faced back then also led to quite a few of them having performance anxiety and/or ED. Sex slaves were not uncommon as well but for men. There isn't much written by woman or in the woman's perspective so there's a lot we would have to assume with just the information given by men.
There is cause to believe it possible as a private individual occurance.
Oh fuck that bullshit, I'm out. fucking annoying.