WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE AGES

In the Middle Ages, the women were expected to be subservient to the men and her childrens in their family. Jean of arc was an excepcional woman in the Middle Ages.
The women didn't stay most at home, they worked in fields or workshops, run large states and defended castles.
The Noble Lady had an important part in running the stat of her husband defense of the state while his absence.
The peasant women worked in her house and in the country.
They entertain in feast, banquets, fairs, games, sports and hunting, dancing festivals... acording to status.
Women are very important in houses and music for dancing. The most famous woman composer in the Middle Ages was Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179).
The main church in Europe during the Middle Ages was the Catholic Church. Some church leaders were bishops, archibishops, prishes, ...
The Inquisition was a machinery of repression.
The medicine in the Middle Ages was midwife.Only a few women could practique medicine in convents.