Women In The Medieval Ages

Men were dominant over women in the medieval ages. Women in the medieval ages had a hard life. They were taught by the church how to behave. There were also taught to respect and obey their parent and husband. Most of the women could not stay at home because they needed to work to get the extra money to feed their children and clothe themselves. They could work as shopkeepers, spinners, bakers or ‘alewives’. When a woman worked as a brewed ale they were considered a ‘alewife’. Single and married women were dress differently, single women would keep their hair down and married women kept their hair covered all the time as a sign of respect. Nunneries offered woman the opportunity of education and a devote life that was denied to them in the