3/8. The Damsel. The familiar notion of medieval women as passive, shy and vulnerable was largely created by the Victorians - and, as Jones discovers, nothing could be furtherfrom the truth. In the Middle Ages, women ran businesses, led armies - and even abducted their lovers.
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