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From: Deborah Foisy <>
Subject: Re: Medieval women ?
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 23:56:57 GMT


Nathaniel Lane Taylor () wrote:
> In article <4i15id$>, Lesley Robertson
> <> wrote:

> > And, while mentioning Maude, Stephen's wife (whose name has escaped me
> > completly) deserves mention. She led his armies at times, especially when
> > he was Maude's prisoner (and I'm sure I read somewhere that she was
> > considered the better general!).

> Also Maud. Interesting, no? Their respective qualities are assessed,
> accurately (at least according to the standard historical literature), in
> the (gasp) Brother Cadfael murder mysteries of Ellis Peters, particularly
> _An Excellent Mystery_.

> Nat Taylori!
Hi!
Maude and Matilda are getting some play here. If anyone is really
interested, the last Sharon Kay Penman book is on them. It is the first
in a trilogy on the first Plantagenets. "when Christ and His Saints
Slept" ends just after Henry marries Eleanoer of Aquitaine.
dj

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