Women strived for a long stretch of freedom, when society weighed women down. Women were easily misjudged throughout the middle ages, but proved that women were powerful, and more than capable of doing equal amount of work as the men. The government made and changed all important decisions, but in the middle ages, the women were the people that changed the government. In order for women to get to where they needed to be, women had to go through obstacles that were behind the scenes.Women changed the direction of the society’s opinion, and proved that they had money paid jobs, went through sacrifices, had many responsibilities, different beliefs than the men, risks, and no freedom. The challenge didn’t stop the women. For example, a woman’s
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Women felt strongly about any legal or public issues. A woman's religion in life was prayer, study, and work. Women had a strong passion for acting in any legal or public action. Religious women, nobles, and kightly families were merchant families. Religious women were responsible for caring for their sisters in the nunneries. A chantress were women who took charge of church services (Zell, 2007). “Women that were nuns were in love with God and always willing to talk about it with others”(LaBarge 1989). Women had hidden skills like music, drawings, and literature. Not all women were happy living at home and being sheltered. Women were supposed to be committed to the church religion (Women during the Middle Ages, 2012). If a woman married the church, then she could not marry a man and have children (Zell, 2007). “Women nuns were completely at ease about being a women and still exercising authority in their role”(LaBarge, 1986). Women were supposed to study no matter what class the women were in (Women during the Middle Ages, 2012). Women nuns were forced to be a virgin (Baker, 1978). Women could baptize a baby if there wasn’t any churchman (Butterfield 2009). Women nun’s avoided men for many reasons (Baker, 1978). If Women didn’t care for men, and didn’t believe in nunnery, it was a risk because then a women would be
Women felt strongly about any legal or public issues. A woman's religion in life was prayer, study, and work. Women had a strong passion for acting in any legal or public action. Religious women, nobles, and kightly families were merchant families. Religious women were responsible for caring for their sisters in the nunneries. A chantress were women who took charge of church services (Zell, 2007). “Women that were nuns were in love with God and always willing to talk about it with others”(LaBarge 1989). Women had hidden skills like music, drawings, and literature. Not all women were happy living at home and being sheltered. Women were supposed to be committed to the church religion (Women during the Middle Ages, 2012). If a woman married the church, then she could not marry a man and have children (Zell, 2007). “Women nuns were completely at ease about being a women and still exercising authority in their role”(LaBarge, 1986). Women were supposed to study no matter what class the women were in (Women during the Middle Ages, 2012). Women nuns were forced to be a virgin (Baker, 1978). Women could baptize a baby if there wasn’t any churchman (Butterfield 2009). Women nun’s avoided men for many reasons (Baker, 1978). If Women didn’t care for men, and didn’t believe in nunnery, it was a risk because then a women would be