| IntroductionIn this critique of Women In
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| | affect women's lives: childbirth,
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| The Middle Ages, I will identify the
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| | survival, marriage, property rights,
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| Gies' purpose in writing this book and
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| | legal rights, education, work, political
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| discuss how well they fulfilled their
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| | roles, and religious roles.Authors'
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| purpose. Also I will evaluate the merits
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| | Writing StyleDespite the difficulties in
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| and shortcomings of this book in relation
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| | writing about medieval women, the Gies do
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| to the themes, sources used, and the
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| | an excellent job of providing the reader
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| authors' writing style.Authors'
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| | with an extended, if not complete, view
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| PurposeThe Gies assert that researching
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| | of the lives of these women. They must
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| and writing about women in the Middle
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| | necessarily fill in some blanks that
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| Ages is difficult, due to the sources
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| | history has left us, but the majority of
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| that are commonly used and which gives a
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| | their conclusions seem very logical and
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| misogynic view of women, such as the
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| | believable. For instance, the pervasive
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| writings of Church fathers, contemporary
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| | belief that women had few legal rights is
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| law books, and literary works. The Gies
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| | shown to be not strictly true in the
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| attempt to describe the lives of women in
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| | descriptions of the woman who
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| the thousand years known as the early
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| | disinherited her son in favor of a
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| Middle Ages, Dark Ages, and High Middle
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| | kinswoman (21) and other examples of
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| Ages.The first section of the book offers
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| | women maintaining control over their own
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| background information on the lives of
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| | property.The manner in which the Gies
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| women in the early Middle Ages, and the
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| | trace the fluctuating status of women in
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| last section are individual portraits of
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| | the Middle Ages is seen to be directly
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| specific women in the High Middle Ages.
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| | connected to politics, economics, and
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| The Gies explore several elements that
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| | changing social structure.
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