Women in the Middle Ages
View Paper
ESSAY DETAILS
Words: 2798
Pages: 10
(approximately 235 words/page)
Pages: 10
(approximately 235 words/page)
Essay Database > History
showed first 75 words of 2798 total
showed last 75 words of 2798 total
married across ethnic and social lines and they converted their husbands to Christianity. Even if double standards still existed and ruled relations between men and women, female conditions in the early Middle Ages surely improved. Compared to women in antiquity, early medieval woman had more opportunities to overcome social barriers. Although to our modern and equalitarian mentality the rights gained by those women could seem insignificant; they represented a great step forward in women emancipation.
married across ethnic and social lines and they converted their husbands to Christianity. Even if double standards still existed and ruled relations between men and women, female conditions in the early Middle Ages surely improved. Compared to women in antiquity, early medieval woman had more opportunities to overcome social barriers. Although to our modern and equalitarian mentality the rights gained by those women could seem insignificant; they represented a great step forward in women emancipation.