...historians will point out that very existence of so mant books/sermons/treatises etc telling women to shut up shows they weren't doing so
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Shouldn't think that men as a whole wanted them to. Wonderful story of William de Swynderby who preached constantly abt wickedness of women
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Around 1380, the townswomen proposed a plan among themselves to stone him out of town & he hastily turned his attention to merchants.
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Where were the men whilst this plan was being hatched? They had the authority to stop it. Seems they largely thought it was fair enough.
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"Everyone was sure that Someone would do it. " https://betterlifecoachingblog.com/2011/06/15/everyone-someone-anyone-and-no-one/ …
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I don't think so. His chronicler implies this was recognised as a form of reasonable community justice. He went too far.
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Replying to @nevynxxx
Found it. 'finem facere nesciobat' - he did not know to make an end - on this topic. It was 'nimis importune' - very troublesome
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That does seem to have been the feeling!
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