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¡Medieval Women!

¡Medieval Women!. Daily Life. Lower class Hard work Cook meals Help with husbands chores Making and repairing clothes Get up early to prepare for the day. Upper class Were usually of noble blood Lived comfortably with not much work. Clothing. Clothing showed what class they were in

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¡Medieval Women!

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  1. ¡Medieval Women!

  2. Daily Life • Lower class • Hard work • Cook meals • Help with husbands chores • Making and repairing clothes • Get up early to prepare for the day • Upper class • Were usually of noble blood • Lived comfortably with not much work

  3. Clothing • Clothing showed what class they were in • Wealthy dress to look like queens or princesses of the era • The noble ladies clothing had beautiful dresses with intricate jewels etc. • Most garments had sleeves that went down to the wrist. • “kirtles” were tunics that were worn down to the woman's ankles. • Less fortunate women wore plain dresses • Tight caps were worn over the hair • Nets were occasionally worn over the hair as well and put into a “bun”

  4. romance • Women were treated as property • When pheasants married it was usually out of love • When nobles married it was more of a business transaction • Courtly love became the subject of some of the most famous medieval poems, and where we get today’s word, “courtesy.”

  5. Heroines • Matilda of Flanders • Queen of England • Eleanor of Provence • Mother of king edward 1 of England • Eleanor of Aquitaine • Queen of France

  6. Sources • http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine2.html • http://library.thinkquest.org/12834/text.bios.html?tqskipi1=1&tqtime=0630 • http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrint/sujects/women/women.html

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