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Message: <blockquote data-quote="med stud" data-source="post: 1544167" data-attributes="member: 1211">There were many, many women with armies up until at least the thirty years war. They were prostitutes, they cooked food, they made stuff etc. There werent probably many soldiers while most soldiers were enlisted to that specific war (very few from the people really wanted to be a soldier so the king had to force them; its very improbable that the recruiters went for women when enlisting).The standing armies of the Viking kings were also small. A noble with 10 armed men held quite a lot of power in his region. I also dont think that many of them were just soldiers. They probably worked at the farm (as the noble also did if he wasnt very powerful) when not fighting or training.</blockquote>