For some reason I've only just seen this message, although I've already received
some of the replies to it. In any case, I don't think anyone has mentioned
Judith Bennett's work on women and brewing. In ÒMisogyny, Popular Culture, and
Women's Work,Ó History Workshop Journal 31 (1991): 166-88, she talks about
literary representations of alewives and taverns as havens for women's drinking.
Hope this is helpful,
Anna Dronzek
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University of Minnesota
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> Dear Medieval-R,
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> Heloise's remarks about women and drink have made me wonder about
> drunken women in medieval literature. In Exeter Book Riddle 12, a woman
> is described as "druncmennen," usually translated as "drunken
> maid-servant" or "drunken slave woman." (This is the only appearance of
> the word "druncmennen" in the OE corpus.) Perhaps Heloise's opinion was
> widely held? As far as I can remember, there are no other drunken women
> in OE literature.
>
> I would appreciate very much hearing from anyone who has run across
> other drunken women, especially in Anglo-Saxon literature but also any
> other medieval literature.
>
> Nina Rulon-Miller
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