Women In Medieval Times

Society in medieval times was no place for women. In the medieval times women were dominated by men and had no control or power of their own lives. Every decision made for their lives was made either by their family or their husbands.

In the medieval times, women were treated poorly and as property by almost everyone, but mostly by men. The church’s view of women was that they were from the devil. They were known to be evil and inferior to men, men were allowed to treat women however they pleased. A Dominican, named Nicolas Byard declared in the thirteenth century, ‘ A man may chastise his wife and beat her for correction, for she is of his household, therefore the lord may chastise his own.’ In the fourteenth century a woman was told by her

The girls who came from rich families were the ones who were married off as a teenager, but girls that came from poor families were not married off until they were in their twenties. This was because poor families needed as many workers as they could get, and if they married one of their daughters off at an early age that would mean one less worker for them. Rich families did not have to worry about needing extra hands around the house, therefore were able to marry their daughters off at an earlier age. All marriages were arranged by the girls’ families. (Medieval Women)

Most women one they were married off, they spent most of their married life pregant. Even though, pregnancy and childbirth during the medieval times was very dangerous. During the medieval times if a woman had children, they had a “wet nurse” that took care of her children for her. But, women that were in poor families had no one to help with their children, they had to take care of their children and continue to do their everyday responsibilities. In the medieval society, twenty-percent of women died while trying to give birth to their child. Most women during this time did not live past the age of

Rich women in the medieval times had much more fancier, expensive clothing than the lower class women. The rich women would wear sleeveless dresses that came to the floor and tunics. The material for them was more expensive and much more fancier. The wealthy women would prefer more vibrant colors and fancy embroidery. The wealthier women would have fur on the inside of their dresses to keep them warm during the winter and wear girdles to make their hips look bigger. The women in the higher classes, as the medieval times evolved, they started to wear two tunics, one which would be fancier and more colorful than the other. Their sleeves, necklines, and the bottom of their dressed would be decorated in jewels, and they would wear more than enough