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Jennifer Speed

Gender, Sexism, and the Middle Ages

The Notorious Garsenda of Provence

by Jennifer Speed on December 13, 2018
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Garsenda of Provence was a powerful noble, a shrewd politician, and an all-around boss. So of course, some dude called her fat.
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