tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post6012266389919300608..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: EMPRESS MATILDA - Having the right to be cranky by Elizabeth ChadwickMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-47002765824186491182014-03-25T16:56:33.319+00:002014-03-25T16:56:33.319+00:00Having read Sharon K. Penman's "Here Be D...Having read Sharon K. Penman's "Here Be Dragons" trilogy and love it, this sounds right up my alley. Just added it to my Wish List!Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08508302421134951238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-26247899227018677342014-03-25T10:54:35.900+00:002014-03-25T10:54:35.900+00:00Such an interesting post. Thanks EC!Such an interesting post. Thanks EC!Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-95256049821151802014-03-24T16:18:09.227+00:002014-03-24T16:18:09.227+00:00Well, yes: a male is strong, a woman is headstrong...Well, yes: a male is strong, a woman is headstrong, or strident. Sigh... I have always felt Matilda probably got a raw deal. So interesting to read about her, anyway! Thanks!Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-4617679575515147772014-03-24T12:08:41.699+00:002014-03-24T12:08:41.699+00:00This is a fascinating post Elizabeth and very reve...<br />This is a fascinating post Elizabeth and very revealing attitudes to women. 'Brood mare' is so the right term as to how royal women were treated. Those were dangerous days for a princess who could not produce. Pressures on royal females were enormous, and, as you have suggested, perhaps things have not changed very much... Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.com