The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World
Being a Medieval Woman
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Like the ancient world, the Middle Ages was patriarchal and male-dominated, so a woman had few options: get married, become a nun, or turn to prostitution. But Chaucer's Wife of Bath, the seducer in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," and the notion of courtly love all added new dimensions to womanhood.