What have women of today learned from medieval women?

Answer 1

One Opinion:

Nothing. The two times couldn't be more opposite.

The 1000 years that was the middle ages had women as second class citizens and it is only in recent history that women have been able to gain civil rights, vote, own land, get an education, and own businesses. This has not be accomplished until modern history.

Different Opinion:

I am not so sure women of today have learned nothing from medieval women, but if they have not then they really should.

Women in the Middle Ages had rights. The observation that they could not vote is not very useful, because in nearly all cases men had no vote either. But they could own land, they could get educations as easily as men, and they did own businesses.

There are several reasons modern women should understand these things. One is that there are a large number of role models among historic medieval women. These include not only women who succeeded against all odds, but women who were simply great because they achieved great things worthy of record. Another is that the rights of women declined during the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance; a fact that we should always keep in mind because it is important to know it can happen.

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