The History of Non-Conforming Women’s Work in the Middle Ages

Here’s an interesting history source, which brings to the screen Eileen Power’s Medieval Women, and which introduces some odd claims. For example, it says: Most non-conformists became nuns Well, that’s probably true for the gentry and nobility, and not the peasant majority. And it certainly wasn’t an option for the non-Christians. Ooops. Power wrote entirely … Continue reading The History of Non-Conforming Women’s Work in the Middle Ages →