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 Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 2:36 am
"It was not unusual at that time [12th century] ... for ladies to take the field and to ride and fight.... A troubadour named Rambaud de Vaqueiras has written of seeing through a half-opened door a lady of great beauty and apparent delicacy drop her skirts to the floor, take a sword from the wall, toss it in the air like Taillefer at Hastings, and then go through a series of sword exercises which left him dizzy."
--The Conquering Family, by Tomas B. Costain
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:27 am
women went from being able to defend themselves to being expected to be only lifting cooking spoons and needles.
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:35 am
Reasons For Not Allowing Women in the Military:
1. They'll make the men look bad.
2. As Mao once said, Political power comes out of a gun barrel.
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:38 pm
According to one of my history teacher's friends in the military, women suck in hand to hand combat, but are the best pilots they have.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:19 am
Recyclable Raccoon According to one of my history teacher's friends in the military, women suck in hand to hand combat, but are the best pilots they have.
I've heard that. In hand-to-hand combat, a woman is going to have to rely on skill instead of upper body strength. Or she could always kick her opponent's face in. xd But women can develop upper body strength. If Norman women could wield swords and quarterstaffs effectively, any healthy woman should be able to do so. Even modern-day wimps.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:32 pm
Recyclable Raccoon According to one of my history teacher's friends in the military, women suck in hand to hand combat, but are the best pilots they have.
We're good at multitasking 3nodding Flying needs that.
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:01 pm
At the seige of Acre, circa 1190 AD, the Turkish defenders quickly learned, that if they poked their heads above the battlements, they would receive an arrow from The Lady in the Green Cloak who was an exceptional archer.
Her name is lost to history. She was mentioned in a chronicle kept by one of the defenders, but none of the Crusaders mentioned her.
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