The Love Life of A Noble and Peasant

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In the Middle Ages you were born in a class of people which you stood in for your entire life. Girls and women life was based on whether they were rich and where they lived. In Medieval times, girls and women had less opportunities than men. Women were not allowed to have jobs outside of their home, allowed to get married without their parents consent and couldn't own a business even if they were to ask the King, Lord, or Noble. In Middle Ages women could not inherit any land from their parents if their male siblings were still alive. Weather women lived in a town or village that did not change how much they had to do. If you were a women in the Middle Ages living in the village you had to do most of the work men did on land however, they were paid less. In Medieval town women thought it was hard to develope trades so, most of the work they completed had to do with making clothes. As you can tell women had a hard life. Romantic Love in the Middle Ages was not as important in todays society. Marriage was always arranged by the females parents whether they were Nobles or Peasants. Marriage ceremonies depended on the wealth of the bride and the groom. Although many women got pregnant during their time married, having babies was dangerous because some people were poor therefore they couldn't afford childcare.

Noble women came from a family with wealth, power and great deals of land. The Noble women lived under the control of their father than their husband. Noble women followed a schedule from their lord that explained their daily routines. Noble women had lots of jobs such as, supervising cooks and servants, ordering supplies and making sure bills were paid on time. ( Medieval World Volume 6 pg 58 ) A Noble women main job w...

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...on the left. Blue dresses were worn a lot during the Middle Ages because it was a symbol of faithfulness and red jaspers was for love. At wedding ceremonies people would normally dress up the same to keep couples safe from bad things. ( http://www.medievalfayre.com/ ) Before the wedding the priest stood in front of the chruch door and asked questions such as their age, why did they have parental consent and if the couple being married were related in any way.

This comes to show that women had a very hard life because they were always busy working, and they didnt have saying in many things in their life. In the Middle Ages their were laws to marriage that doesnt exist in todays society and the laws had to be followed. Marriage in the Middle Ages was very different. The way wome in the Middle Ages depened on wheather you were rich or poor and where you came from.

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