Women During Tudor and Windsor Period
The treatment of women during the Tudor period vs. Current day
I. Introduction:
This paper examines the treatment of Royal women in England during the Tudor period, in particular the wives of King Henry VIII. This is more in depth than just the wives of Henry VIII, but compares their treatment with that of modern day England. I am going to perform in-depth research into the wives of King Henry VII and that of the current Royal family. Today’s Royals have much more freedom and are treated better than during the Tudor period. The women of today’s royal family are able to be heirs to the crown along with marry who they love. II. Tudor Period
Women were believed to be the weaker sex, not only physically, but also emotionally. From a young age girls were taught that their sole purpose in life was to marry, have children, raise their children, take care of their home and husband. After all they were ordered by God to obey men. The church at the time also taught that women were inferior to men. They used the Bible to justify this teaching. They take a Bible verse out of context that says “Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.” (Ephesians 5:22-24). If you read the previous verse it says “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” (Ephesians 5:21) Both men and women were taught this by the church, so the entire society believed that women were inferior to men. Girls were taught from a young age that according to God they were to obey men, whether it was their father, husband, brother, uncle or cousin. Most girls received no form of education unless they were from wealthy families and even then it was usually on how to manage a household, prepare meals or to do needlework. It was believed then that it was a waste of time to teach girls
I. Introduction:
This paper examines the treatment of Royal women in England during the Tudor period, in particular the wives of King Henry VIII. This is more in depth than just the wives of Henry VIII, but compares their treatment with that of modern day England. I am going to perform in-depth research into the wives of King Henry VII and that of the current Royal family. Today’s Royals have much more freedom and are treated better than during the Tudor period. The women of today’s royal family are able to be heirs to the crown along with marry who they love. II. Tudor Period
Women were believed to be the weaker sex, not only physically, but also emotionally. From a young age girls were taught that their sole purpose in life was to marry, have children, raise their children, take care of their home and husband. After all they were ordered by God to obey men. The church at the time also taught that women were inferior to men. They used the Bible to justify this teaching. They take a Bible verse out of context that says “Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.” (Ephesians 5:22-24). If you read the previous verse it says “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” (Ephesians 5:21) Both men and women were taught this by the church, so the entire society believed that women were inferior to men. Girls were taught from a young age that according to God they were to obey men, whether it was their father, husband, brother, uncle or cousin. Most girls received no form of education unless they were from wealthy families and even then it was usually on how to manage a household, prepare meals or to do needlework. It was believed then that it was a waste of time to teach girls
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