The main problem that we find when defining the History of Women in the Middle Ages, is their absence in written sources, so it is not easy to trace their daily activities, their positions or thoughts but what little we know It is through the male writings.
That is why we must be careful when having the image that the clergy, the only ones who knew how to write, give about the woman. In spite of this difficulty, today we know great figures like Eleanor of Aquitaine, Joan of Arc or Christine de Pisan, as well as many elements of their daily life: we can know what they ate, what they were engaged in, how they cooked, what they wore , etc.
It is really difficult to determine if there was an evolution or a setback in the situation of women …show more content…
Also like the woman with fair skin that has not blackened working in the sun, with blond hair and curly, clean and cared. If we take into account the harsh living conditions and the almost nonexistence of cosmetics, we can consider that very extreme canons were imposed, parallel to the idealization that is made of love and relationships. It is possibly a consequence of the fact that it is the vision imposed by religious men, far from reality, and therefore far from the real women of that time.
From the social point of view, we could make a triple distinction as to the position of the women in it: the noble woman, the peasant and the nun. The first of them was the only one that could enjoy great privileges and which, if possible, could achieve greater …show more content…
Outside of him he had to take care of the cattle and the orchard, when he was not to work in the fields as well. If the woman resided in the city, besides taking care of her family and the house, she had to do it of the familiar business or to help her husband in any of the activities that this carried out. If both were paid a salary, the woman was significantly smaller, even though they performed the same jobs. This fact is especially appalling when the woman is single or widowed and leaves the home to work, usually in the domestic service - represents the majority - in spinning, or as laundress or cook. But it also does, as we say, in the field as braceras or day
That is why we must be careful when having the image that the clergy, the only ones who knew how to write, give about the woman. In spite of this difficulty, today we know great figures like Eleanor of Aquitaine, Joan of Arc or Christine de Pisan, as well as many elements of their daily life: we can know what they ate, what they were engaged in, how they cooked, what they wore , etc.
It is really difficult to determine if there was an evolution or a setback in the situation of women …show more content…
Also like the woman with fair skin that has not blackened working in the sun, with blond hair and curly, clean and cared. If we take into account the harsh living conditions and the almost nonexistence of cosmetics, we can consider that very extreme canons were imposed, parallel to the idealization that is made of love and relationships. It is possibly a consequence of the fact that it is the vision imposed by religious men, far from reality, and therefore far from the real women of that time.
From the social point of view, we could make a triple distinction as to the position of the women in it: the noble woman, the peasant and the nun. The first of them was the only one that could enjoy great privileges and which, if possible, could achieve greater …show more content…
Outside of him he had to take care of the cattle and the orchard, when he was not to work in the fields as well. If the woman resided in the city, besides taking care of her family and the house, she had to do it of the familiar business or to help her husband in any of the activities that this carried out. If both were paid a salary, the woman was significantly smaller, even though they performed the same jobs. This fact is especially appalling when the woman is single or widowed and leaves the home to work, usually in the domestic service - represents the majority - in spinning, or as laundress or cook. But it also does, as we say, in the field as braceras or day