1. Kevin Pettit and Brandon
Goodman

2. • Women are viewed as inferior to men
during the medieval times.
• They were accustomed to respecting and
obeying their fathers and husbands.
• Medieval women were meek and obedient
most of the time; however, there were
some exceptions.

3. • The women in medieval times took care of the
household, as their counterparts were usually at
war or fighting other lords for land.
• Women had the opportunity to be leaders in
society as well, the most famous being Joan of
Arc.
• Women were also employed during medieval
times, contrary to some beliefs.

4. • Widows were able to own the land that their past
husbands owned.
• They held more responsibility than other women
of that time period, and some rose to power
through conquest just like men of that time.

5. • Women held many jobs during medieval
times including: shopkeepers, bakers,
spinners, alewives, farmers, and silk
weavers.
• Spinning was the most common
occupation held by women.
• These women were important to society
because they made clothes that everyone
used.

6. • Misogyny is defined as the hatred of women.
• Misogyny is often seen as the general treatment
of women during the medieval times by lords and
other men in positions of power.

7. • Abbesses played an important role in the
Catholic Church during medieval times.
• Abbesses led abbeys of nuns and were the
female superior in the Catholic Church.
• Abbesses were able to make significant
contributions to the advancement of the Catholic
Church

8. • http://www.medieval-period.com/medievalwomen.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbess
• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/misogyny