The woman in the Middle Ages Wife Church

The woman in the Middle Ages

Wife Church Devil Woman in the Middle Ages Mother Madonna

The Middle Ages are commonly dated from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5 th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16 th century, marked by the rise of nation-states.

CHURCH AND MONASTICISM The Catholic Church was the major unifying cultural influence, preserving its selection from Latin learning, maintaining the art of writing, and a centralized administration through its network of bishops.

Women’s position Woman Madonna Temptors

How was the woman considered by the society Woman Mother Wife Prostitute (the wife of Bath)

A woman was not allowed: • • • To participate in public life To be a citizen To be a knight To administere estates To run shops To study

Women were not allowed to study Many unmarried women entered convents. Nunneries offered women the chance to become educated

What a woman had to do • Work for a living in the fields • Feeding the family • Clothing the family

Women as objects From living under the hand of the father women moved to living under the hand of their husbands

Curiosities

Clothing Young single women wore their hair loose, but married women were expected to keep their hair covered as sign of modesty

Salary Since the Middle Ages women were paid less than men

The End CREDITS: § § Kubickova, Galopin, Gaio, Dreossi