What Was Contributed More Towards Creation of Opportunities and Obstacles for Women in Early Modern Europe-Their Marital Status or Their Economic Class?

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Directed Task 5 Early Modern Europe - What was contributed more towards creation of opportunities and obstacles for women in Early Modern Europe-their marital status or their economic class? The question involves assessing how far opportunities and obstacles were created for women as a result of their marital status in comparison to their economic class. The answer to the question is then found by deciding which one contributed more. The topic involves looking at the lifestyle of women between 1500-1789, from all across Europe. Comparisons can also be made as to how the lifestyle of women differed across Europe as well as over time. The nature of the debate is a persuasive question. Both sides of the argument need to me weighed up in order to come to a decision as to whether it was a women’s marital status or economic class which contributed more to opportunities and obstacles to their lifestyle. Introduction. (Thesis) - Brief outline on what the essay aims to achieve, also a short summary of the main points such as main ideas into how women benefited from their marital and economic status, but also how it hindered their success. Introduce argument that women were provided with more opportunities through marriage. Paragraph 1- General overview of the lifestyle of women at the time Paragraph 2- Explain how marital status created opportunities- Mention the opportunity to build a household, start a family, have a husband to provide for you and your children, explain the expectation upon women to marry and the stigma attached with women being single. Paragraph 3- How marital status created obstacles- Refer to obstacle in which marriage presented women with such as- The loss of independence, a women’s duty to the household, the way in which everything a women owns is given to her husband after marriage, the fact that she is not seen as legally independent apart
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