Isn't it a simple assumption that given the nutrition of the period that
women were very unlikely to conceive after 30 or even earlier, therefore
any dalliances would be unlikely to produce physical evidence of said
dalliances (i.e. children).
Admittedly, it is a poor quote and may be fragmentary or miss reported.
It does have nice buzz-words to catch the reader's attention. Doesn't
it?
KRD
-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rich
Lundin
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:33 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Medieval women 'had girl power'
Mary:
I REALLY DIDN'T want to get into this. As is WELL DOCUMENTED, Elizabeth
and
Catherine certainly used their potential for political marriages and to
bear
an heir to wield tremendous power until their old age. Mary Tudor and
Jeanne
d'Abrect, lesser so and Mary, Queen of Scots, and Isabella, Queen of
Edward
II even less as they let their lovers and other unworthy men think for
them
and use them.
Rich Lundin, WRI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary C. Beaudry" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 9:52 AM
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
>> >
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Mary C. Beaudry, PhD, RPA, FSA
> Professor of Archaeology & Anthropology
> Department of Archaeology
> Boston University
> 675 Commonwealth Avenue
> Boston, MA 02215-1406
> tel. 617-358-1650
>
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