Both of these writers display the many hardships that women had to go through because of their religion, economic and social status. Wiesner- Hanks went through broader subjects unlike Dursteler who mainly focused on women who became renegades because their conversion into the Islamic religion. Wiesner- Hanks illuminated the practices of Christianity and Catholicism and the gender roles that were placed upon women. Your status was based upon your gender most of all and also their economic status “Every one of these global interactions was gendered, and new scholarship is beginning to make clear how gender and race intersected to shape the intellectual, legal, and political structures within which people lived and gave meaning to their world” (Wiesner- Hanks 13).
Hanks highlighted that often times when women become widows …show more content…
He also highlighted how women had more rights within the Islamic religion unlike Christianity or Catholicism. There were many similarities in both books. Wiesner- Hanks showed us the aspects of Early Modern Europe and the gender roles that were prevalent throughout this epoch. Both Dursteler and Wiesner- Hanks explain how men in both regions and different religions how women were held to a certain standard unlike men.
Men were able to have more religious and social freedom they were able to take high positions because of their gender but for women like Fatima their fate largely depended on the status of her husband. Men gave women many difficulties when women wanted to pursue a certain route men would stand in their way because of the power that they had just because of their gender. “In part, this was because women were discouraged from appealing to these courts, and elite men used their status to obstruct proceedings, making it more difficult for an upper-class woman to dissolve a marriage” (Dursteler
Hanks highlighted that often times when women become widows …show more content…
He also highlighted how women had more rights within the Islamic religion unlike Christianity or Catholicism. There were many similarities in both books. Wiesner- Hanks showed us the aspects of Early Modern Europe and the gender roles that were prevalent throughout this epoch. Both Dursteler and Wiesner- Hanks explain how men in both regions and different religions how women were held to a certain standard unlike men.
Men were able to have more religious and social freedom they were able to take high positions because of their gender but for women like Fatima their fate largely depended on the status of her husband. Men gave women many difficulties when women wanted to pursue a certain route men would stand in their way because of the power that they had just because of their gender. “In part, this was because women were discouraged from appealing to these courts, and elite men used their status to obstruct proceedings, making it more difficult for an upper-class woman to dissolve a marriage” (Dursteler