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What type of women were especially accused of witchcraft in the 17th Century?
Unmarried women.
What was a woman’s role in the 17th Century?
Run the household and bring up children.
Some women were required to be able to read or write so that they could also teach their children. True or false?
True
What was the role of women in the gentry?
Direct servants and staff.
What was the role of women in the peasantry/agriculture?
Carry out physical work herself.
How were women punished for ‘gossiping’ or ‘becoming a nuisance’?
• The Brank, a metal device that fitted over the head, humiliating the victim and making it impossible to talk
• accused of being a witch, punishable by hanging in England and burning at the stake in Scotland
Why did opportunities for women increase after 1642?
The aftermath of the First Civil War.
Why did the Civil War increase opportunities for women?
Men were at war, so women had to take their roles at home.
Which group of people was women taking men’s roles post-Civil War most common in and why?
Gentry families, as large estates needed to be managed.
Name 3 examples of women managing large estates that would usually be managed by their husbands.
• Brilliana Harley directed forces to defend her family’s estate in Herefordshire
• Lucy Hutchinson managed the estate of her parliamentarian colonel husband John
• Mary Banks, a royalist, commanded troops in the defence of Corfe Castle
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