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....were seen as subject to the men. Although they had more rights than their Greek and Roman predecessors (they could for instance inherit an estate in their own name, and they could divorce their husbands on a fair number of grounds) the general idea was that a woman's place was in the home. And although a father or husband had no longer a right of life and death over his wife or daughter like in ancient Greece and Rome, domestic violence was a common problem - and a common reason for divorce.

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