A lot of the time marriages were arranged from birth of their daughters and sons to create financial and political alliances between families. “In the Renaissance, the normal age for girls to marry was the age of sixteen, but men often did not marry until mid-thirties or early forties” (Phyllis, 2007, p.15). Women once married, did not have the opportunities to continue schooling and this created the divide between men and women and who was better educated and wise enough to lead. Art was a big factor in the Renaissance era, which many great and sought after artist developed
A lot of the time marriages were arranged from birth of their daughters and sons to create financial and political alliances between families. “In the Renaissance, the normal age for girls to marry was the age of sixteen, but men often did not marry until mid-thirties or early forties” (Phyllis, 2007, p.15). Women once married, did not have the opportunities to continue schooling and this created the divide between men and women and who was better educated and wise enough to lead. Art was a big factor in the Renaissance era, which many great and sought after artist developed