Spinsters were unmarried women. If they were in the aristocracy or middle class, they could afford to dress as they wished. Few women had jobs outside the home.
Spinsters were dependent on their family for their room and board. Money could be passed down to them, but often the man in the family took control of it. Many wore hand-me-downs from family members or sewed their own dresses. Generally people of a low station had two dresses, one for everyday and a newer one.
"Social class" describes the levels of medieval society.
A medieval princess is importent to medieval society because she is going to step up and become queen one day.
Being a Squire in medieval times
Courtly love reinforces many aspects of medieval society, but it also contradicts various characteristics of medieval society. One aspect of medieval society that gets reinforced by courtly love is classes. Social classes played a giant role in dividing up medieval society. Most poems were written by men who were socially beneath his female beloved. Some of these classes in medieval society consisted of: Kings, Nobles, and Commons.
They were usually farm workers.
The antonyms for spinster (an unmarried woman) are wife, widow, or divorcee.(The opposite gender of the female spinster would be a bachelor.)
Medieval Chronicle Society was created in 1999.
"Social class" describes the levels of medieval society.
The knowledge of other cultures effected the medieval society. How it effected the medieval society is there other belief's, values, money and society. The beliefs what people had in different gods and Churches than the medieval society had. The different technology they used, the values what they give and how much money they had. This effected medieval society.
A medieval princess is importent to medieval society because she is going to step up and become queen one day.
Society for Medieval German Studies was created in 1985.
The male counterpart of spinster is bachelor.
Being a Squire in medieval times
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The noun 'spinster' is a word for a woman who is past a child bearing age but has never married. The term stems from an era when most females were not educated and if not married became a dependent in the household of a family member. One of the jobs frequently assigned to an adult dependent family member (everyone had to earn their keep) was spinning wool and thread, literally the family spinster. This may lead you to believe that the opposite of spinster would be bachelor, a male who has never married. That is not correct because an unmarried man of any age is not past an age for (the expectation of) siring children. Due to the gender disparity for most of society at the time the word 'spinster' was commonly used, no corresponding noun for a male was used.
The masculine equivalent of spinster is bachelor.
Spinster Stakes was created in 1956.