Most women in a feudal society were members of a convent or married. Most of these marriages were prearranged and women were expected to be submissive to the male. The most significant expectation for women was to be obedient towards men. Most common women were farmers but had more chances to marry for love than aristocratic women who were arranged for political and economic reasons.
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In the Middle Ages, noblewomen enjoyed privileges such as education, access to wealth, and influence in political matters, often managing estates and participating in court life. In contrast, peasant women faced a life of hard labor, primarily focused on household duties and agricultural work, with limited rights and education. While noblewomen could sometimes wield power through strategic marriages, peasant women had little opportunity for social mobility and lived in relative poverty. The stark differences in their daily lives reflected the broader social hierarchy of the time.
During the Middle Ages, Europeans living in towns typically enjoyed four basic rights: the right to buy and sell goods, the right to freedom from feudal obligations after a year and a day of residence, the right to a fair trial, and the right to govern themselves through local councils. These rights contributed to the growth of commerce and the rise of a middle class, as towns became centers of trade and self-governance, distinct from rural feudal systems.
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The role of noblewomen was to marry people to benifit the family, help run the estate when the king or lord was away, and also to provide the king or lord with a son.
I can only answer for the period of the First Dynasty, when dynastic traditions were first starting. Of course, little is known for certain about that period since the hieroglyphic forms were just developing and not nearly as much has been unearthed from those times as compared with later dynasties. From the very start, the early Kings (the word Pharaoh did not come about until later) understood that they needed noblemen to carry out various administrative tasks. Contrary to what many think, women, too, had legal rights and served as noblewomen to the King. In my novels such relationships between the noblemen in service to their King is central to the plots, as there was much intrigue as well as smoothly functioning aspects to the Royal Court.
In spite of his privileged upbringing, Jefferson had the reputation of being a man of the people.
In the Middle Ages, noblewomen enjoyed privileges such as education, access to wealth, and influence in political matters, often managing estates and participating in court life. In contrast, peasant women faced a life of hard labor, primarily focused on household duties and agricultural work, with limited rights and education. While noblewomen could sometimes wield power through strategic marriages, peasant women had little opportunity for social mobility and lived in relative poverty. The stark differences in their daily lives reflected the broader social hierarchy of the time.
To make sure that justice would not be denied to freemen.
Thomas Jefferson had a skeptical view of the privileges and rights of noblemen. He believed in the principles of equality and democracy and was critical of inherited wealth and titles. He argued that all individuals should have equal opportunities, regardless of their social status or lineage.
Magna Carta was signed by King John in 1215. It set out the rights of the barons which had first been set out by Henry I in the Charter of Liberties.
The women were considered chattel and they had few rights. The running of the castles was usually a man appointed to take care of the holdings, collect taxes, hold court, and defend the the castle. Eleanor of Aqutaian was one of the few women in the Middle Ages with power, but for the most part women were left out of the power structure.
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