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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
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Subject: Re: fashion and high heels (lengthy)
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Date: Sat, 4-May-85 12:24:10 EDT
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>  
> Don't blame the Middle Ages for the abominations cooked up by the
> VIctorians.  There's a fair amount of evidence to say that women
> (especially widows) were considerably freer in the Middle Ages
> than in any other time until today.
> If anybody out there is more knowledgeable about these matters than I,
> I would welcome further instruction.  
> -- 
> Elizabeth Hanes Perry                        

	I think what I meant here was actually Renaissance and later fashions,
excuse the time warp. In fact, for at least awhile in the early Middle Ages,
men and women wore quite similar clothing (long robes for both sexes, etc).
Also during the early Middle Ages (prior to say, 1200 or so) the laws of
marriage and property were not so well-codified as they later became (in
part due to the intervention of the Church). For more on this, see "The Knight,
the Lady and the Priest".
-- 
  

jcpatilla

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