Cykros on Nostr: I'd be curious to see the distribution of that across the globe. My reading of the ...
I'd be curious to see the distribution of that across the globe.
My reading of the Norse sagas involved women wielding a notably large amount of power in society. Admittedly largely domestic power, but when a household consisted of over 100 people, wielding absolute power was no small thing. And then being able to goat their husbands by simply suggesting that doing anything other than what wives wanted was cowardice... Perhaps it's not fair to say this was indicative of all women of the time, given that of course these were the wives of the chieftans being written about, and not the thralls or other lower classes, but they did seem to be more empowered than many Christians of the era.
I would believe though that in Southern and Eastern Europe cultures would have been different, especially with smaller household structures around the same time period.
My reading of the Norse sagas involved women wielding a notably large amount of power in society. Admittedly largely domestic power, but when a household consisted of over 100 people, wielding absolute power was no small thing. And then being able to goat their husbands by simply suggesting that doing anything other than what wives wanted was cowardice... Perhaps it's not fair to say this was indicative of all women of the time, given that of course these were the wives of the chieftans being written about, and not the thralls or other lower classes, but they did seem to be more empowered than many Christians of the era.
I would believe though that in Southern and Eastern Europe cultures would have been different, especially with smaller household structures around the same time period.