Women in the Middle Ages were instructed by their husbands who taught them how to act in all aspects of their lives. According to the Comportment Books women were taught how to be faithful, quiet and subservent. They had to be obedient and represent their husbands in society. This means that their husbands controled their lives, had power to decide for them and to have them do anything they desired. Although the word slavery is never used to characterize women in the middle ages, it is essentially the equivalent of what was happening with them at the time.
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