Why couldn't girls go to school 400 years ago (Shakespeare's time)?

Answer 1

becuz the girls were slutz just kidding

it was because the government didn't think girls should go to school they didn't see the point they wanted the women to do all the cooking, cleaning and all the bullsh#t

Answer 2

Many medieval girls were allowed to go to school.

Conditions varied widely during the Middle Ages. In the medieval Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire), there was a system of schools that operated at the village level, and it educated both boys and girls.

The education of women in Western Europe was fostered by Charlemagne and King Alfred the Great. Both of these men founded schools intended to educate commoners, and both saw to it that their daughters and other women were educated.

There were types of schools that were generally, or at least often, open to girls. We know that certain women were educated in convents, Edith of Scotland, wife of King Henry I of England, was one. There was also a type of school that originated in the High Middle Ages called an abacus school, designed for children of trades people, and these schools educated girls who would be prepared to be wives in merchant families. Merchants wanted their wives to be able to take over business in the event they were not able to work or were away.

We should not assume that girls were uneducated because of a lack of historic record of their being educated. The only reason the education of Edith of Scotland was recorded was that it became a political issue when she married; people who opposed her marriage claimed she had taken vows as a nun during the years she spent in the convent where she got her education.

Answer 3

It was not a matter of "couldn't " as much as it was felt to be a waste of time. There were so many chores that they could perform in a household of even very modest means. Females in no times enjoyed no expectation of a profession which would require writing and reading. If a girl entered a nunnery, she would be taught what was necessary for her to know. Elizabeth was royalty and her father, Henry VIII, saw that she the very best tutors as he did value education. Elizabeth learned to read, write, and speak a number of languages. She used her education in dealing with leaders from other countries. The ladies at court were educated to some extent. Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, was well educated and her parents had sent her to France's king's court to learn about courtly life.

Answer 4

people thought that women didn't need an education. all they did all day was clean and cook for the men that worked.

Answer 5

girls were stupid and dumb

Answer 6

yup