ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -What kinds of jobs could women have during the Middle Ages? The vast majority of people in the Middle Ages worked the land, and women were just as active as men in agricultural activities. But we do know of women who were also writers, artists, and active as tradespeople in a family business.

Detailed explanation-2: -Women in Medieval Europe were legally dependent on their husbands. In the scope of civil law, women were restricted from signing contracts, being witnesses in court, or borrowing money in their names. All of these had to be carried out under the legal authority of their husbands.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Razia Sultana was the first and the only woman to rule the country during medieval times. Other prominent women of the medieval period were: Qutluq Khanm Niga, Gulbadan Begum, Nur Jahan, Chandbibi, Tara Bai, and Mangammal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans, had only two years in the public eye but is perhaps the best-known woman of the Middle Ages. She was a military leader and, eventually, a saint in the Roman Catholic tradition who helped unite the French against the English.