Originally Posted by
wumpus
PS: the information for that last paragraph came from a book "The Medieval Industrial Revolution". Unfortunately, I lost that book (not a common practice, I assure you). I remember reading other works about how milling grain was "women's work" (apparently hated by anyone stuck doing it) and realized just how many resources were spent automating "women's work" that it seemed to break a lot of assumptions I had. But I just couldn't find the book to check.