LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
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they were not allowed to divorce their husbands
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they were not allowed to own a business without permission
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they were not allowed to inherit land if they had any brothers
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All of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Women could be educated. Noblewomen and nuns, in particular, had access to books and were often literate. Women were also trained in domestic skills like sewing. However, education for both women and men tended to be limited to the upper classes and the clergy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Throughout the Medieval period, women were viewed as second class citizens, and their needs always were an afterthought. They were either held to be completely deceitful, sexual, innocent, or incompetent.
Detailed explanation-3: -From attitudes to original sin to the roles of wives, mothers and nuns, Dr Alixe Bovey examines the role of women in medieval society.
Detailed explanation-4: -Abbess Hilda of Whitby. Æthelflæd. Hildegard of Bingham. Matilda. Eleanor of Aquitaine. Julian of Norwich. Margery Kempe. Elizabeth Paston. 08-Mar-2021