General Information on women during the Elizabethan period (MC):
-Women were expected to be housewives and mothers.
-Childbearing was seen as a great honor and a gift from god.
-Women were regarded as the "weaker sex" physically and emotionally.
Source: www.elizabethi.org/us/women
Married Women (VF):
-Married women were supposed to bring a dowry to the wedding
-this would include goods, money and the woman's property after the marraige
-Women could marry at 12
Source: www.william-shakespeare.info/elizabethan-women.htm
Women's Education (LK):
- In the Elizabethan times, although noble girls were educated by tutors, they did not go to university.
- Music and dancing were essential skills for noblewomen.
- Common women were only trained to be good wives (e.g. cook, manage the household).
- They would not have attended school or received any other type of formal education.
Source: www.william-shakespeare.info/elizabethan-women.htm
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ReplyDeleteComparing our information to that of the blog known as "the three witches" we have concluded that
ReplyDeleteDue to the fact that women weren't properly educated, anyone woman that was educated was considered a witch
Any women that was out of the ordinary was considered a witch
In most cases, the women would be the only people accused of being witches
MJC
Our first assignment post on witches had many points that connected with that of this post "Women in Shakespeare's Time"
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The fact that women mostly had no education relates to the point that those with education and knowledge on herbs and their medicinal benefits were viewed with suspicion.
As well, women were only expected to be housewives and mothers - those that were widowed or alone were often accused as being witches, because their role in society was to be good wives.
- Seiyon
My group's post is very similar to The Three Witches' post. We both said that only women were suspected to be witches (especially old and poor women). Widows and other unprotected women were the main targets for witch hunts. Women with knowledge of herbs were often accused of being witches. People thought that they used herbs for witchcraft.
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