outside Reading #4

In my world history text book, there are many area's in the book of  different cultures where they describe how men and women were supposed to act during that time period. In medieval Europe, women had limited influence in the society, but certain women did have more opportunities than others. There was a great difference in Noblewoman and Peasant Women. Noblewomen could inherit land from their husbands, they would send knights to war, and could act like military commander if her husband was off at war. One thing that was a main difference was that Noble women received an education and peasant women didn't. Peasant women's jobs were working the house  and having children.  They were poor and powerless.

 World History: Patterns of Interaction Edition 

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