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
>> >
>>
>
>
>
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