what can u tell me abt the status of women during the Anglo-Saxon period??

Question

their daily life??? marriage??? social status???

Answer 1

Anglo-Saxon society was decidedly patriarchal, but women were in some ways better off than they would be in later times. A woman could own property in her own right. She could and did rule a kingdom if her husband died. She could not be married without her consent and any personal goods, including lands, that she brought into a marriage remained her own property. If she were injured or abused in her marriage her relatives were expected to look after her interests.

A good simple guide can be found at:

http://www.hullwebs.co.uk/content/c-angl

Answer 2

Generally women were kind of a foot note. They weren't nearly as influential as men. There's a story called " The Wife's Lament", you should be able to look it up on google. It's very short--about a woman who was moved into the country to live in solitude, by her husband/ and his family.

It gives a pretty good idea of those three things you mentioned.

Answer 3

No rights, no vote, no nothing. Something that was screwed on a bed and it did housework.

Answer 4

they were all slaves. a perfect world