Western Civilization I / Unit 11 WC1 1027 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Medieval Women: Theory Against Practice
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The idea
Theory drew on Greek medicine and Eve, and male writers were predictably misogynist. Practice: women inherited and owned property, marriage required both consents, widows held estates and even led troops, peasant women worked every day, and queens consort ruled through husbands.
In practice
Guilds excluded women as they consolidated.
Where people slip
Life expectancy in the early forties for both sexes, the anchor says.
Your place on the trail
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