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Role of Noble Women In the Middle Ages By, Julianne and Madison

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Page 1: Role of Noble Women in the Middle Ages

Role of Noble Women In the Middle Ages

By, Julianne and Madison

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Appearance• Appearance of women was very important in the middle ages. • Females aged quickly due to numerous child births throughout their

lives. • Women normally had bad teeth and bleeding gums due to lack of

vitamin C. • Dyeing of the hair was popular to create a younger look. It was

created with ingredients such as saffron, Cumin seed, celandine, and oil.

• Women applied face make-up to create a pale look. A pale completion was a sign that their family was wealthy enough to be protected from the elements. They desired this look so much, they would bleed to achieve this. Face make-up was made out from plant roots and sometimes leaves.

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Appearance

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Youth

• As young as seven years old noble women were sent away from their homes and to another noble family.

• They would be taught a rang of skills and though many different subjects.

• Manners and etiquette were of prime importance, including how to curtsey and now to mix with the greatest nobles of the land.

• Time would be spend learning how to dance and ride. Archery was also taught to young noble women.

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Youth

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Youth• Younger noble women were expected to act as slaves to older

ladies of the castle. • The duties they were expected to do were look after clothes

and assist that ladies with their dressing and coiffure. • They were taught to preserve fruits and skills to manage a

household at a very young age to better prepare them for duties as a married women.

• High ranking young women would take on the role of ladies-in-waiting and were taught French.

• They were also taught the principles of the Medieval Code of Chivalry and Courtly Love and would join spectators at jousting tournaments.

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Youth

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Work

• Women were paid minimum wages, when they did work. It was more normal for a women to be working at home teaching youth and managing the house.

• Men almost always received a higher pay than women did.

• Although women were paid almost half of what a man made, women received a higher wage in an occupation such as dyeing, spinning thread, and other jobs than men would.

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Work

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Poem About Medieval Women"Women are Worthy"

I am as swift as ang roe;To praise women wher'er I go ;To dispraise women it is a shame, For a woman was you dame: Our Blessed Lady bears the name Of all women wher'er they go. A woman is worthy thing: They do the wash and do the wring; "Lullay, lullay," she does you sing, And yet he has but care and woe. A woman is a worthy wight: She serves a man both day and night;

Thereto she puts all her might,And yet she has but care and woe. (Taken from: Goldberg, 1995)

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