1. Role of Women in the Middle Ages
By: Demi Renfro and Autumn Teeters
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2. Noblewomen Noblewomen were the wives and daughters of the noblemen
They took care of the sick and poor
The noblewomen themselves could own land
They could inherit land from their parents or husbands
When a nobleman was away the women ruled the manor

3. Noblewomen continued
Noblewomen could also send knights into battle

4. Nuns They lived very simply and could not marry
They also served as doctors
They gave up their life & possessions to live a life in monasteries & convents

5. Serfs They Would work next to their husband and children all day
If a woman was a merchant they would ply many crafts
They would do weaving and brewing

6. Urban working women
They were also urban working women who worked in the cities.
They were housewives to the master of the house (husbands).
A woman who was married worked in the house of her husband.
When women did work they were paid minimum wage.

7. Wet nurses
A wet nurse was a woman who would nurse a baby after its birth.
Poor women often had wet nurses so that they could go back to work.
Wet nurses were also known as nannies or cleaning women.

8. Peasants The majority of women were peasants
They have to plant, tend, and harvest at least one good crop
They try to harvest about 2 crops per year
Peasants usually lived in a small town.
They usually lived in a 2 room cottage.

9. Witchcraft In the middle ages people were scared of witchcraft
They thought that magic was an illusion by the devil
There are 2 kinds of magic: Black magic and White magic
Black magic was about the devil

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White magic was a Christian symbol

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12. Questions What was the class of the majority of women?
What is the difference between black magic and white magic?
What family (class) did nuns usually come from?
What was the job of wet nurses?

13. Answers The majority of most women were (peasants.)
Black magic is a symbol of the (devil) and white magic is a symbol of (Christianity.)
Nuns usually came from the (noble family.)
Wet nurses usually took care of a baby when it was first born.

14. Church for women
Women were denied official religious roles until, later in the years
Nuns and abbesses worked devoted to extend the influence or the church, their lay sisters remained strictly subordinate to their husband and family.

15. Medieval Queens Eleanor of castile Isabella of france
Philippa of Hainault
Mary de Bohum
Catherine of Valois
Margaret of Anjov

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