Post by Gorignak on Apr 29, 2013 19:01:49 GMT -5
Suffer through the Scholarly Pedantics and you will find an engaging insight into our favorite era...Medieval Times. The Link between status and husbandry skills is fascinating.
Here is the author's introduction to see if you want to follow the link and read further............
Introduction: In this paper, I will be looking at butter making as a woman’s occupation. The general hypothesis is that, when this task gained significant economic importance in the Middle Ages and demanded increasing skill over time, it influenced attitudes towards women and their status in society. The critical aspects include not only the abundance of the work, but also its economic significance and the skills it required. In a slave system, the slaves from whom greater skill is required enjoy higher status, even though they are all subject to slavery. Here butter production as a female activity requiring skill is the subject.
Here is the full paper:
www.agrarhistoria.se/pdf/Women_and_Cows.pdf
Here is the author's introduction to see if you want to follow the link and read further............
Introduction: In this paper, I will be looking at butter making as a woman’s occupation. The general hypothesis is that, when this task gained significant economic importance in the Middle Ages and demanded increasing skill over time, it influenced attitudes towards women and their status in society. The critical aspects include not only the abundance of the work, but also its economic significance and the skills it required. In a slave system, the slaves from whom greater skill is required enjoy higher status, even though they are all subject to slavery. Here butter production as a female activity requiring skill is the subject.
Here is the full paper:
www.agrarhistoria.se/pdf/Women_and_Cows.pdf
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