Embroidery! Forsooth!
In mediaeval times women did a whole bunch of things. They travelled about on pilgrimages and ran kingdoms (for example Eleanor of Aquitaine) They fought - (Joan of Arc). They defended castles and strongholds against attack when their men-folk were away.(Numerous examples during the Hundred Years War and others)
I'm not saying that the fellowship should have had women in it. I'm very happy with the book as it stands! But I'm a little alarmed by all this female passivity I'm seeing on this thread.
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Out went the candle, and we were left darkling
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