Women of Medieval Sociey

     Women hand many domestic responsibilities such as caring fir their children, preparing food, tending livestock and helping their husband. They had small roles within the country. During the Medieval Times women were powerless but played the role as a noble or peasant families. According to the Medieval Law the women did not belong to themselves. Peasants are people who worked the land and produce the goods that the lord needs. When there was war the women had to take place and become the leaders in the defense. They also had to learn how to use weapons to defend their homes. Other women became nuns and devoted life to god .  The outlook, women of the Medieval Society were denied political rights and considered legally subjects to their husband and society.


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Geoffrey Chaucer

     After reading Introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer I learned that Geoffrey Chaucer was a famous poet and prime shaper of English language. He was known as the father of English literature.He was a popular poet and admired during the Medieval England. He investigates the contrast between authority and experience. Ones would praise his worship but no one clearly understood. He origin in various sources such as French, Latin, and Italian.His work contained numerous sources such as folk tale, sermons, rhetoric textbooks and etc. He changed the English Literature with his book The Canterbury Tales which was his biggest and most imaginative collection. His poetry was informative and entertainment  mixes mirth and morality which was very successful with "sentences and solas" of literature.