Women's Roles Before 1500s

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Women’s Roles until the 1500s
Author: Josephine J. Mundy
Instructor: Lynn Marlowe
HIS 103
June 13 2011

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Introduction

In the ancient time, women had their place and their roles. It is very important for women to know where they stand in life and how to carry themselves. In many countries, the women’s roles were very different but common. The women of today are still playing a role of being a mother, a caregiver, a grandmother, a soldier
Women were also blamed for the problems and conflicts in divions do jealousy and Millis. In Qin time it was against the law for a man to beat a woman, because it allowed the woman to be somewhat protected. They also married at a very young age in Han time which was thirteen to seventeen years of age. The women had to also comfort, bath, and feed and respect the in-laws of the man, because it was a “Domestic Regulation” according to Bella Vivante, “Women’s
They showed themselves with political influent people. Do too many changes in Rome, women had a lot of challenges when Augustus came to power and established the empire. It became critical when Rome’s rules changed and made women’s lives a little intense and stressful. Many women of Rome were also victims of rape and they were not moved by it nor did they care. The Sabine women were betrayed by the men of Rome and suffered hardship and humiliation. They were also hailed captive for ending military hostilities between their husband and it made the young men to whom they gave birth to, fight in battle with their fathers. The Roman women had an influence on the Roman states even in the republican time. It is clear that Roman women had to endure much pain and agony. It makes you wonder were their lives bittersweet or defeated. Knowing the roman women’s lives were not a happy ending, they kept their