Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
Women in the Middle Ages. Medieval Woman Women were seen by many to be... They might be shopkeepers, spinners, bakers or "alewives" who brewed ale...
Medieval Women
Occupations held by medieval women included shopkeepers, bakers, spinners, alewives (those that brewed the ales), farmers, and silk weavers...
Researching the Medieval
Once I referred to them as ale-wives. But after looking in the OED I learned... in the Middle Ages, Castle in the Middle Ages, a Medieval Village, etc...
Richard III Society - - Women in Fifteenth Century Life
Enforcement records of the assize of bread and ale show that women were some of the most... Erler, Mary and Kowaleski, Women and Power in the Middle Ages,...
Medieval English urban history - Maldon - Custumal
Map of Maldon at the close of the Middle Ages... Notes: gannokers were ale-wives – women who retailed (and sometimes brewed) ale; this chapter is struck...
Virtual Worldlets -Women in Medieval Guilds
Evidence suggests that women made as much if not more of the ale and beer served in the Middle Ages as men. Butchers were widespread and consistently...
