LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
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most medieval women had some property
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married women could hold property once they had children
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married women could hold property without their husband’s consent
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widows could hold property
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Detailed explanation-1: -On the death of her husband, a widow was given back her dowry, had the use of her dower, and frequently was the executor of her husband’s estate and guardian of the children. All these responsibilities were hers by law and by right, without male supervision.
Detailed explanation-2: -It wasn’t uncommon for women in the Middle Ages to marry two, three or even four times. And rather than have to give up land from her previous marriage when she re-married, a widow could now retain her shares in all her ex-husbands’ estates and accumulate further wealth with each new man.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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).