Women Of The Medieval Ages - 1768 Words

The notion of women, not being recognized in a society has affected the life of many which have caused women not to be able to come out freely in society. Critics from ages have designed that women in their own capacity cannot function in anything, hence denied them from so many opportunities which really caused them to be backward in a lot of things. In order for them to be able to fight for their rights, there was the need for them to set up a movement which we termed as feminism. A careful research made on women and their existence in this world has proven to me that there was nowhere that women were declared inferior and as a result of that they have not been allowed to take part in major issues, hence the notion that was in†¦show more content†¦In the late Middle Ages, women labored under a heavy burden of institutional and ideological disability. They were barred from political office they were hampered by a host of legal restrictions; they were subjected to the auth ority of the male relatives; they were excluded from the institutions of higher education; they were deemed physically, intellectually and morally inferior to men. Yet from the 12th century to the 16th century, women assuming public roles of unprecedented prominence in the religious culture of their time†. Bornstein, Daniel Ethan, and Roberto Rusconi. Women and Religion in Medieval and Renaissance Italy. Chicago: U of Chicago, 1996. Print. The only way women could liberate themselves from that oppression was through religion. Voice of women was not being considered at all . If there was anything they could have done to be accepted into the society or welcomed into the medieval age, it was only for them to pick up the Bible and begin to enter into a full-time nun which was the only way their voices was to be considered or to be listened to.†At that very age, you could be a wife of a noble or a king, but that does not permit you to be extraordinary and stand equal headed with men. The only exemption is men giving you the respect as a result of the fact that you are married.In the medieval age, there were few noble women who were a little bit higher