tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post56189505240003705..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Women who built shipsCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-62747761421512540992010-01-28T13:45:41.711+00:002010-01-28T13:45:41.711+00:00Not too, too surprising. In fact it was not uncomm...Not too, too surprising. In fact it was not uncommon for mediaeval widows to run businesses - even under the guild system (which, especially after the Black Death, increasingly had to make provisions for such eventualities). Some landed widows from the same period became quite powerful, effectively ruling quite large regions (e.g. the widowed Countess of Ulster).Minniehttp://minniebeaniste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com