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However, most scholars agree that impoverished women had fundamentally the same subordinate status as women elsewhere in medieval society. [31] Women were generally prohibited from acting as elected town officials, and likely only attended village meetings if they were unmarried or widowed. [32]
The study of the role of women in the society of early medieval England, or Anglo-Saxon England, is a topic which includes literary, history and gender studies.Important figures in the history of studying early medieval women include Christine Fell, and Pauline Stafford.
"The roles of women in the crusade movement: a survey" Journal of medieval history (2004). 30#1 pp 61–82 McLaughlin, Megan. "The woman warrior: gender, warfare and society in medieval Europe" Women's Studies – an Interdisciplinary Journal 17 (1990), pp. 193–209.
Medieval Scotland was a patriarchal society, where authority was invested in men and in which women had a very limited legal status. Daughters were meant to be subservient to their fathers and wives to their husbands, with only widows able to own property and to represent themselves in law. [1]
Women in Roman Law and Society. Indiana University Press. McGinn, Thomas A.J. (1998). Prostitution, Sexuality and the Law in Ancient Rome. Oxford University Press. Shatzmiller, Maya (1994). Labour in the Medieval Islamic World. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-09896-1.
Women are frequently said to have been limited to domestic or illicit activities during the Crusades. While to some extent this is true, some women also took part in other activities, including armed combat in the battles of the Holy Land. This article focuses on the first Crusades (those from 1096 to 1131) [1] and identifies known participants.
The Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship (SMFS) is an academic organization which "promotes the study of the Patristic Age, the Middle Ages, and the Early Modern era from the perspective of gender studies, women's studies, and feminist studies". [1]
Jo Ann Kay McNamara (1931-2009), was a scholar of medieval history and professor emerita at Hunter College. [1] Her research focused largely on nuns and women's agency throughout Antiquity and the Middle Ages. She also published works regarding the development of masculinity and other medieval topics. [2]