ABSTRACT
What we now call gender differences were very apparent in the Middle Ages. In general, medieval people attempted to explain these, as many moderns do, by turning to the medical explanations of the day. For the most part, medieval concepts can be traced back to Greek and Roman medicine which had become part of the accepted belief patterns of the western world. Put simply, men were warmer and dryer than women, and even the most masculine woman was not as warm and dry as the most feminine man. 1
