The Role of Women Until 1500

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A woman's role in this century compared to a woman's role in the 15 century is different, now days it about the same as a man in corporate positions in any company. The purpose of this paper is, to answer and what the roles of a woman were in the 15 century? In this paper I plan to get to know what their roles in their household, in society and what w things women did and their roles in their community in this time being politically or business in their countries and how things worked.

In early Rome there was a law called "Rome law" the meaning of this law was women were considered as children, thought as to be inferior to man. Treated different in this time women were considered the weaker ones, they had no say when it came to things that they "men" felt that they were more superior to a woman. Woman were considered the weaker sex according to men at the time women were unable to perform work requiring muscles or smart enough to decide anything.

Woman were always put at a lower rank than as a man, defined as being a man property women at birth were always held at a lower rank than of a man because of their physical features. Only time a woman had any type of power if she was born within a wealthy family only then she would have been considered to have a better job than the woman not born into wealth. In the churches except Orthodox Churches woman were allowed to make themselves equal in the community as Martyrs.

Arranged and negotiated by the elders marriage of a woman to her man was not up to the women but to others, as a wife entering her husband's extended family she was considered as a

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stranger, under the thumb of her in-laws, and a women life was confined to the home where her and her husband lived, by bearing children she would have gained more of a status.

The life of women in ancient Greek societies centered around their household, Greek women raised children and managed cooking in the household along with any other household duties. The wealthy women supervised slaves in tasks, but would occasionally would do work themselves. Respectful of their men and their household most women in ancient societies rarely left their households. Egypt and Spartan women could have own their own property and in businesses they could have a say in business operations. Athens a women's main role was to manage household affairs, but could not hold public office.

While being very common illiteracy was more common among peasant women, Chroniclers often wrote about things they felt important in that time war, politics, and government, and with all these being primarily male dominated roles. Women would be referred to in a lesser degree than men in matters such as births and death because of the importance of inheritance. It would be assumed that a woman's main importance was in connection with marriage and children.

In the medieval society there are two spheres of that classified women and their authority. The public sphere is considered to be the domain of men, this sphere consisted of politics, legal rights, and obligations, and the market, and this was the real power and authority. Women in the public sphere could not be representatives, be pledges in court, bring litigation, or plead courts. Women in the public sphere were most active in commercial brewers and bakers in the countryside. Reading about The legal system in the medieval times women were only

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recognized through their fathers or their husbands. Only if a woman was to become a widow she would have had some type of relief because she gained most of the legal rights and was allowed to participate more in the public

Another sphere in the medieval society was Private Sphere; the private sphere is the domain of women. Private sphere included wives, mothers, family, and close family members. The woman included wives and mothers who would advance the interests of their spouses and children. A medieval woman would be forced to use methods, and some not always acceptable ones, to make a desired outcome. By the woman managing the household she allowed her husband to leave home and service for the crown which could supple him with prestige and power through his military endeavors. With woman managing the household that allowed the husbands to be able to leave home and service for the crown which could help him with honor and have power through his military endeavors. Some would say that Medieval women are very much like to the women of today, yes they did look out for the interests of her family and working to have a voice in her society, but I still think that woman were inferior to men that being said because they had