Critique of Women In The Middle Ages

IntroductionIn this critique of Women In Theaffect women's lives: childbirth, survival, marriage,
Middle Ages, I will identify the Gies' purpose inproperty rights, legal rights, education, work,
writing this book and discuss how well they fulfilledpolitical roles, and religious roles.Authors' Writing
their purpose. Also I will evaluate the merits andStyleDespite the difficulties in writing about
shortcomings of this book in relation to themedieval women, the Gies do an excellent job of
themes, sources used, and the authors' writingproviding the reader with an extended, if not
style.Authors' PurposeThe Gies assert thatcomplete, view of the lives of these women.
researching and writing about women in the MiddleThey must necessarily fill in some blanks that
Ages is difficult, due to the sources that arehistory has left us, but the majority of their
commonly used and which gives a misogynic viewconclusions seem very logical and believable. For
of women, such as the writings of Churchinstance, the pervasive belief that women had
fathers, contemporary law books, and literaryfew legal rights is shown to be not strictly true in
works. The Gies attempt to describe the lives ofthe descriptions of the woman who disinherited
women in the thousand years known as the earlyher son in favor of a kinswoman (21) and other
Middle Ages, Dark Ages, and High Middle Ages.Theexamples of women maintaining control over their
first section of the book offers backgroundown property.The manner in which the Gies trace
information on the lives of women in the earlythe fluctuating status of women in the Middle
Middle Ages, and the last section are individualAges is seen to be directly connected to politics,
portraits of specific women in the High Middleeconomics, and changing social structure.
Ages. The Gies explore several elements that