Empress Theodora of the Byzantine Empire died in 548 AD
Posted on 09/11/2007 8:28:04 AM PDT by blam
Women may have held some power in the Middle Ages, but I would bet lots of money that girls didn’t.
Which is one of many reasons I despise the phrase “girl power.” All girls have the power to do are giggle, squeal, and monopolize the bathroom.
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Thats for sure!
But then you could not have the viscious misandry of today unless you had first constructed lies about the past. Which is exactly what the feminists did. None of the findings are “new” and for them to have this “ain’t this a surprise” moment is at best disingenuous.
And I despise feminists.
lmao!
I think freedoms varied from town to town for everyone. But it certainly makes sense that during a time when a lot of men were often off fighting that their women at home assumed a lot more responsibility. I also think that the middle ages has gotten the rep for being a very backward age. That’s not necessarily true at all.
LOL!!!
Women likely took sexist rhetoric for granted, and concentrated on social and financial power instead.
I blushed while reading some of the poems.
Duke William of Aquitaine was a frisky old dog :-). It's funny how each new generation thinks it discovered sex!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen
One of my faves, Hildegard of Bingen was advisor to Frederick I Barbarossa, who launched the third crusade. Hildegard’s lasting influence came through her mystical visions and glorious music. Today, she’d probably be “diagnosed” as bipolar for her mystical visions. She was popularized in the 1980s by Fr. Matthew Fox while he was still in the relatively good graces of the Catholic Church. He wrote at least one book about her — and a good one, with color illustrations of her visions, which had been translated into art by a contemporary of hers.
I have no clue what this line is doing here. What's the reasoning?
Regine Pernoud argued that the revival of Roman Law and growing elite admiration for classical pagan culture led to the reintroduction of their hard patriarchal systems.
Maybe the author is thinking that women in their mid-30’s would be menopausal?
Aside from that, the author clearly thinks promiscuity is a good thing, and is projecting that “value” onto historic figures.
Empress Theodora of the Byzantine Empire died in 548 AD
One of my favorite groups, The Medieval Baebes, sing music from the Middle Ages in the original languages, and there is one called "I Am Eve" from the thirteenth century that they sing.
The language of the song is Irish, thirteen century Irish at that, and of course I can't understand the words, but the song sure sounds like a feminist anthem.
It's a very good song, and sounds rather powerful for it's time. I'd love to know what the words mean.
I love what I’ve heard of her compositions.
“yet feminists despise the Church.”
I agree. Christianity is the key to women’s freedom. The current hatred has a lot to do with leftist theology and not much to do with true freedom.
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