Contemporary Historical Thought: Due Sept 22, 2009
“Steven Ozmont on the Status of Women in Sixteenth-Century Germany”
Social order in sixteenth-century Germany depended on strict rules governing standards of behavior. These rules applied to men as well as women. According to Ozmont, community values dictated how people were judged (p. 2). In the series of events concerning The Burgermeister’s Daughter, social status was an important ingredient in the legal proceedings. Anna Buschler had important friends and family she could turn to for help. Both her father and mother were of high social standing. This circumstance would not hold true for women in a lower social status. Women did have access to the courts; however, in many ways
“Steven Ozmont on the Status of Women in Sixteenth-Century Germany”
Social order in sixteenth-century Germany depended on strict rules governing standards of behavior. These rules applied to men as well as women. According to Ozmont, community values dictated how people were judged (p. 2). In the series of events concerning The Burgermeister’s Daughter, social status was an important ingredient in the legal proceedings. Anna Buschler had important friends and family she could turn to for help. Both her father and mother were of high social standing. This circumstance would not hold true for women in a lower social status. Women did have access to the courts; however, in many ways