Women's Purpose

Women in the Renaissance were very similar to women in the Middle Ages. Their main purpose was to stand behind their husbands and support everything that they did. They were denied any political rights and basically were just suppose to do all the chores of a housewife. Peasant women usually worked in the field right along side their husbands and also ran the house. The middle class women usually helped run the businesses of their husbands. Even the women with the highest rank who even had servants most often did things around the house. Women who did not choose to marry were not even allowed to live independently. They had to live with a male relative that they had. A women's life during this time was a routine. They basically all did the same thing. They were controlled by their parents in a young age and then when they were old enough handed right over to their husbands so he could have total control over them.