Empress Theodora of the Byzantine Empire died in 548 AD
GGG Ping.
yikes...kinda looks like Mad Max Waters
Only in England - the rest of Europe wasn’t so enlightened.
They also were able to enjoy political and ecclesiastical authority and to build and run business ventures.
In the High Middle Ages, the Catholic Church was pretty much the only game in town theologically - yet feminists despise the Church.
Things were a little different in the Islamic World then... and now too.
Women have always ruled — one way or another.
The reality is quite different.
This is so true as to be obvious. Women had a great deal of power and influence in the middle ages. Abbesses and Pioresses and female saints were highly influential in the Catholic Church.
The influence of women was greatly reduced by the Renaissance and Reformation—you can take your pick as to which of these intertwined movements was most responsible.
Of course, to call it “girl power” is an anachronism. Back in those days, it was thought important to mature and grow up. You didn’t find people remaining adolescent into their 50s and 60s the way you do today. To say that there were powerful and influential women, not girls, would be more accurate.
Really? I was under the impression that the upper classes bartered their women like cattle.
I can't see that phrase without hearing Mr./Ms. Garrison shouting, "Who wants to pound my v-----!"
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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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.
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.
#####Dr Sue Niebrzydowski at Bangor university said medieval women enjoyed a golden era with a greater life expectancy than men.#####
Haven’t women always lived longer than men? I know that childbirth was once dangerous, but so was most of the daily work men did.
#####”They could be more sexually liberated as there would be no child as evidence of their fornication or adultery.#####
Something tells me that one is about as fanciful as the occasional claims that the medieval world was pro-same sex “marriage”.
Joust married:
Bride weds her knight in shining armour at medieval ceremony
Daily Mail | 11th September 2007 | Colin Fernandez
Posted on 09/11/2007 11:58:14 PM EDT by Lorianne
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