Are there specific expectations placed on women


Assignment task: Reading

Pick two of these web links to read. (See more details under Directions below.)

  • The Life of St. Liutberga
  • The Goodman of Paris
  • Christine de Pizan, excerpts from "City of Ladies"
  • Canterbury Tales: Prologue to Wife of Bath's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer

Directions:

Choosing two of the readings above, answer the following questions. Focus on creating an argument that is supported with specific evidence from the documents.

  • Are there specific expectations placed on women according to the documents?
  • How do the women discussed in the documents challenge these expectations?
  • Some of the women in these documents were not actual women but allegorical characters, how does the creation of these women allegory a way to challenge social norms?
  • How might these documents portray how women negotiated their own space within the expected norms?

When you have completed your response, please respond to another classmate's post with a substantial response.

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