[Tax-chick]

One of the things I liked about that book was the really cool names. I wish my husband would agree to name a baby Mechtildis :-).

[AMDG&BVMH]

"Mechtildis"

Lots of pretty nick-names, too.

I noticed some posters began talking about literacy. Of course, the prime reason for the spread of literacy was the invention of the Printing Press.

Eleanor of Aquitane learned Latin, Greek, and the local French dialect. She also was a falconer.

Wider spread literacy does not negate the original point, that women were definately educated and placed in positions of responsibility in the Middle Ages. Education was limited because books and educated teachers were limited, until the Printing Press.