The Roles Of Women During The Renaissance

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In conclusion, my research has enabled me to understand the fact that women during the Renaissance didn’t abandoned their babies because they didn’t care about them. They did so because that is the only option they got to make sure their babies survive and live. Most women didn’t have money to the fact that they came from poor families and didn’t even have enough knowledge about birth. Some women were ignored by their husbands after pregnancy therefore they had only few resources to help them survive. There were some authors that though the puzzle can’t be solved since they didn’t know the mindset of these women who abondoned their babies. They believed that the mystery was unknown why babies were ignore or abandoned. However, many researches

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