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To: afraidfortherepublic

Those wounds are not evidence of her being a combatant, she could have been the wife/consort of a local ruler who was caught in their castle. Lots of women have died in wars as victims throughout history without being warriors.


19 posted on 05/26/2011 6:35:51 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: GeronL

Except that there was a female figure in Scottish history about that time who was reputed to have mounted a vigorous defense of the castle in her husband’s absence.


22 posted on 05/26/2011 6:41:16 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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