In message <000901c73a44$14a84e30$150b14ac_at_...> "Manuel MOLINIER" writes:
>YGWV,
>
>In my opinion depending on the culture a noble woman have to know how
>to defend herself with a dagger. The higher you are in a society the
>more likely you are to be attacked or to have to face
>assassination/abduction tries. And if bodyguards or other kind of thougth
>are very conveniant to protect you from normal people they are all but
>nearly useless in those cases. Women in courts were in my opinion likely
>to have learned how to use a dagger or knife.
As you say it depends on the culture and I can well imagine the
Dara Happens having a taboo against attacking women. Doesn't mean
it never happens but would be sufficently rare that only limited
precautions are taken against it.
--
Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/