LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
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she was considered her husband’s property
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she was considered equal to her husband
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she was more legally powerful than her husband
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she was her husband’s property, but could not be mistreated under law
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Detailed explanation-1: -Position Of Women In Medieval Periods: The women held the position of wife, mother, sister, nun and artisan. Some of them also played the leadership roles such as queen. In the early Medieval period the women held significant land powers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The woman’s job was to take care of the home, help her husband at his work, and produce children. Power writes, “the great majority of women lived and died wholly unrecorded as they labored in the field, the farm, and the home” (Loyn, 346).
Detailed explanation-3: -In the middle ages, girls were typically in their teens when they married, and boys were in their early twenties. The arrangement of the marriage was based on monetary worth. The family of the girl who was to be married would give a dowry, or donation, to the boy she was to marry.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rights of a Noblewoman A noblewoman’s job was to take care of a household and to have children. Noblewomen had no rights, as they were the property of their husband. A noblewoman was also not allowed to choose their husband. The noblewoman’s father will choose for her.