A range of scholars including John Boswell ('Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality'), R.I.Moore ('The Formation of a Persecuting Society') and Geraldine Heng ['The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages') have noted changing patterns of intolerance during the European Middle Ages. The study of these topics is also deeply influenced by contemporary attitudes. Dr Clare Downahm's paper is an exploratory look at changing attitudes towards women and power in the tenth century.