That is bizarre--was the writer thinking of menopause, and thereby fall
into the "elderly at 30" fallacy that comes from a misunderstanding of
life expectancy at birth?

D. Babson.


-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mary
C. Beaudry
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Subject: Re: Medieval women 'had girl power'

Re these medieval gals:  someone please explain to me how being widowed
at
age 30 rendered one incapable of becoming pregnant and hence able to "be
more sexually liberated as there would be no child as evidence of their
fornication or adultery."  Huh?
mcb

On 9/12/07, Rich Lundin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Geoff:
>
> Good listing!
>
> "Girl Power" was alive and well with individuals as Queen Elizabeth,
Mary,
> Queen of Scots; Mary Tudor, J'eanne d'Abrect, Queen of Navarre; and
> Catherine d'Medici, Queen of France being real players from their
medieval
> antecedents.
>
> Rich Lundin, WRI
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "geoff carver" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 3:23 AM
> Subject: Medieval women 'had girl power'
>
>
> > maybe everybody else knew this already, but the conference could be
> > interesting:
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/6987874.stm
> >
>



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