I was not expecting such a overview of medieval life and social movements, but it's absolutely crucial to the Federici's conclusions that the reader understand what had been going on. In a sense witch trials were a gruesome footnote to an all encompassing campaign to get women "under control" in developing Europe. Her discussion is reflective of academia of her time, but I feel like this work introduces further study rather than creating something we need to revise or redirect. Truly a great piece of scholarship that makes me want to hunt down every single source she used to learn more.