Elizabethan Women in Society
Fun Facts About Unmarried Elizabethan Women: |
Parents of Elizabethan women raised their girls to respect and obey men. The Church believed in this and quoted the protestant John Knox "Women in her greatest perfection was made to serve and obey man" Elizabethan women were somewhat controlled by their male family members. If they disobeyed the men they were given the whipping stool. Being disobedient was a crime against their religion. Women in the Elizabethan age were not allowed to take the thrown, it would always be passed from father to son or however the circumstances may be.
Marriage was desired by every Elizabethan women. Every women wanted their own family. They also preferred to be married because if not, you were classified as “single.” Most single women were from the lower classes. If you were a “single” woman, it was mandatory for you to spend your life in a convent. However, an alternative marriage for Elizabethan women would be domestic services. Also, with permission from your parents Elizabethan girls could legally marry at 12 years old, although it was not popular.
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