Medieval Women
Being a woman in medieval times was not necessarily an easy thing. Women were very limited in their options of what they were to do with their lives, and were not considered to be a very important asset to society. We know of a few female medieval heroes, but most women were nuns, wives, and sometimes businesswomen.
Women in medieval times were often told at a young age that they were sinful, weak, and vain. Since women are decedents of Eve, all of them bear her sin and must carry the shame of it. Therefore men were the dominant and more important ones in this society. When a woman was married, she had very limited rights in the marriage, and if the woman was to be divorced, she did not even receive custody of her child from it.
Aside from all these factors, many women did make a change during this period of time. It is now that we remember Joan of Arc, whose visions prompted her to dress as a man and lead the French against the English and was later executed for it; Hildegarde of......
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