Women's Rights In The Medieval Times

The Medieval Times are commonly known as the time of dungeons, dragons, knights and magic. However, it is so much more than that. The people of the Medieval Times weren’t cleanest, therefore they got sick very easily. Also, there was major religious conflict resulting in many deaths. Lastly, like many other places in history, women did not have equal rights. Which all supports the fact that this was a terrible time to live in. As stated before, the Medieval Times are commonly known as the time of dungeons, dragons, knights and magic. The Medieval Times came to be about a thousand years after the collapse of the Roman Empire. This was the time that Western Europe was chaotic and needed a more organized structure. Today, people would call …show more content…
The Roman Catholic Church was dependent on local bishops and the Pope in Rome. This was also the time of the Crusades, where everyone from commoners to kings would go and fight for the Holy Land in order to obtain a ‘free pass to heaven card’. Another thing that was going on was the start of the European Witch Trials, where many women and some men were killed because they were suspected of practicing witchcraft. In the Medieval Times, unlike the Roman Empire with a centralized government, the local rulers were lords or kings. The class system was divided into three types of people. There were those who fought, those who prayed, and those who worked. In this time, science, medicine and literacy were not a common thing. Which explains the atrocious illnesses the people caught and the …show more content…
Today’s world is said to be so much more complicated. Most older people in today’s world don’t even know how to use the technology that is here. Which is why it is believed that the Medieval Times were so much more simple. However, the people of the Medieval Times most likely thought they were pretty advanced people. Back then could have been just like now where the older someone is the more that person does not know about technology. Also, not being very advanced, as today’s people see people of the Medieval Times, was detrimental to the health of many. As shocking as this will sound to people of today, one in ten women died from childbirth, while 25% to 30% of their babies were stillborn. The Medieval Times was the worst period of time for peasants or commoners to live in. The first reason being from people dying of an illness that was overall unpreventable because of the lack of medicine. The second reason being conflict of religion where just being a middle-aged woman could get you burned at the stake. The third and final reason being the lack of independence of women where they would not be able to survive without their family or husband. The Medieval Times, also known as the time of dungeons, dragons, dependence, and