I've heard that even today, in countries where women work hard and/or have poor nutrition, menopause sets in much earlier, around the 30's.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zuzana Kraemerova Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 5:01 AM To: h-costume Subject: [h-cost] Menstruation in Middle Ages Hi, I'm sorry if this has been discussed before - I've glanced through the archives and didn't find much - please point me to an earlier discussion if so. But my question is, is there any evidence and info on how did the medieval women deal with menstruation? Did they use special clothes (could they use something like pants???)? I've also heard that menstruation in the earlier times was much different from today and the menstruation could not have been such a big deal after all (not to talk about the fact that women were very often pregnant) I'm also interested in later periods - up to the 18th century - I think the way of dealing with it would have been similar to how it was done in the middle ages...but I really don't know much about this topic, that's why I rather post here and ask:-) Thanks, Zuzana --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
