History presentation about the women in the time of Charlemagne.

Women in the time of Charlemagne.

Introduction

Goodmorning/ good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen? Today We are having Second last presentation in GLPS. Today I am very nerveos that today we have to do 10minutes presentation. I was struggling with my topic because, my topic was the medival women. I was researching about it but ther wasn’t good resources. So I might say the example what was in the movie. First, I am going to say to you about Women’s life. Secondly, I am going to talk to you about noble women. Thirdly, Peassent women and Lastly aI am going to compare and contrast with noble women, nuns, peasent women and women in nowadays. And I will finish within Conclusion. Ladies! This presentation will make you think and thank our parents that they had given your life not like medival women. Gentlemen you should be caring women after you listen to this presentation.

Let’s begin!

Women’s life

First, I am going to say to you about the medival women’s life. Imagine a\when you were born. What do you see when you first opened your eyes?? Grandma, Grandpa, Parents smiiling and say She is beutiful, He is handsome and you can see their smiling and caring and also loving faces all over them Do you think the Medival women when they are first born will see smiling, loving and carin face and saying Wow she/he is gorgeous? NO definatly no. What they first see is a man a cruel man. Who looks like the scary tiger who’s gonna eat you in a sight. He will make you work every mminute and every seconds. But that’s only peasent women. What about noble womens? Well they are weatlhy so they did not had to sell their daughters like peasent women. What they see at the very very first sight will be busy but playing parents. Unfortunately, for the parents good, They give their daughters to other countries to gain their land and properties. Back to peasant women, they had to work work work. If you were the peasent women what would you feel like? If you were the noble women what would you feel like? Good? Fantastic? Bad? Upset? If i was the peasent women, I would not like to work all the time and feel tired and maybe regret me parents but on the other hand, it wasn’t our parent’s fault so I might think positivley. I f I were the noblwe women I would be very gorgeous. And fun but later on because of the not caring parent and only want to play, I would think that I will be bored and not fun at all.! I don’t want to become a pig. The life of the medival women is kind of poor and also it makes me think that I am the lucky girl comparing to the medival women. I want you to tell me your feelings and also think back our past when we were upset with our parents you will feel grateful to your parents that you were born in 1998 or 1999.

Please think back.

Noble women

Noble women. Did you ever heard noble?? In nowadays we don’t really use the word noble. Noble means ‘ A woman who is a member of the nobility’
The education of Noble women in the Middle Ages concentrated on the practical as opposed to academic. Young noble women as  young as seven girls would be sent away from their home to live with another noble family. There she would be taught a range of subjects and skills. Manners and etiquette were of prime importance, including how to curtsey and how to mix with the greatest nobles in the land. Time would be spent learning how to dance and ride. Archery were also taught to young noble women. These young girls were expected to act as servants to the older ladies of the castle. The duties of the young noble women would be to look after clothes and the assist ladies with their dressing and coiffure. And Noble women had very little, if any, choice in who her husband might be. Marriages were frequently arranged so that both families involved would benefit. Marriages would be arranged to bring prestige or wealth to the family of noble women. Marriage for love was a rare occurrence. Noble women of the Middle Ages were expected to bring a dowry to the marriage. A dowry was an amount of money, goods, and property that the bride would bring to the marriage. The law gave a husband full rights over his wife, whether she was a Noble woman or a commoner. She effectively became his property. A wealthy marriage of a Noble woman was celebrated by nine days of feasting and jousting. After marriage Noble women of the Middle Ages were expected to run the households but their main duty was to provide children. Large families were the norm in the Middle Ages as the mortality rate for children and babies was so high. Many Noble woman made arrangements for the care of their children in case they themselves died during childbirth. The life expectancy of a woman in the Middle Ages was just forty years. Most Medieval woman would become pregnant between 4 and 8 times. A woman during the Middle Ages would expect to lose at least one child. But nowadays the medical had developed so no babies die easily. Think that you lost your baby. You will feel guilty. But they which is the noble women will think it ok and give birth to the other baby. They lived in a big house. They lived in the big and hunormous house to represent their wealth.

Peasent women

The daily life of lower class women in the Middle ages was hard. Women were expected to help their peasant husbands with their daily chores as well as attending to provisions and the cooking of daily meals and other duties customarily undertaken by women. The daily life for peasant women in the Middle Ages can be described as follows:

§  The daily life of a peasant woman started at started in the summer as early as 3am

§  She first had to prepare a breakfast, usually of pottage

§  Work in the fields or on the land started by dawn and the daily life of a peasant woman during the Middle Ages would include this type of hard work during busy times especially harvest

§  Preparations had to be started in order to provide the daily meals

§  Peasant women were expected to look after small animals - geese, chickens etc

§  Weaving, spinning and making and mending clothes were also part of a woman's work

§  Preparing rushes for lighting

§  Making preserves

§  Tending the vegetable plot and collecting berries and herbs

§  Women were also responsible for the children and need an understanding of medicines and herbs for basic nursing requirements

§  Outside work finished at dusk, working hours were therefore longer during the summer months

§  Women generally ate when her husband and children had finished and had little leisure time

These are the daily life of the peasent women. They wore the cloth which were made in unuseless cottons and the piece of the wool. There house were the owners house if they had the house, they will live poorly.
Compare and Contrast.
Before I compare with noble, nuns, peasent and women in nowadays, I will tell you about the nuns. The daily life of Medieval nuns in the Middle Ages were based on the three main vows:

§  The Vow of Poverty

§  The Vow of Chastity

§  The Vow of Obedience

Medieval nuns chose to renounce all worldly life and goods and spend their lives working under the strict routine and discipline of life in a Medieval Convent or Nunnery. The reasons for becoming a nun, their clothes and the different orders are detailed in Medieval Nuns and Nuns Clothes in the Middle Ages The life of Medieval nuns was dedicated to worship, reading, and working in the convent or nunnery. In addition to their attendance at church, the nuns spent several hours in private prayer, and meditation.  Women were not usually well educated during the Middle Ages although some nuns were taught to read and write. convents and nunneries provided the only source of education for women during the Middle Ages although the knowledge the nuns were provided with was carefully screened by the Church hierarchy. The life of medieval nuns were filled with the following work and chores:

§  Washing and cooking for the monastery

§  Raising the necessary supplies of vegetables and grain

§  Producing wine, ale and honey

§  Providing medical care for the community

§  Providing education for novices

§  Spinning, weaving and embroidery

§  Illuminating manuscripts

Not all nuns were given hard, manual work. Women who came from wealthy backgrounds were invariably given lighter work and spent time on such tasks as spinning and embroidery.  There were also lay sisters who were female members of the convent or nunnery who were not bound to the recitation of the divine office and spent their time occupied in manual work.(from middleages.com) The daily life of a Medieval nun during the Middle Ages centred around the hours. The Book of Hours was the main prayer book  and was divided into eight sections, or hours, that were meant to be read at specific times of the day in the convent. Each section contained prayers, psalms, hymns, and other readings intended to help the nuns secure salvation for herself. Each day was divided into these eight sacred offices, beginning and ending with prayer services in the convent or nunnery church. These were the times specified for the recitation of divine office which was the term used to describe the cycle of daily devotions. The times of these prayers were called by the following names -  Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, Nones, Vespers and Compline:

§  Lauds : the early morning service of divine office approx 5am

§  Matins : the night office; the service recited at 2 am in the divine office

§  Prime : The 6am service

§  Sext : the third of the Little Hours of divine office, recited at the sixth hour (noon)

§  Nones : the fourth of the Little Hours of the divine office, recited at the ninth hour (3 pm)

§  Terce : the second of the Little Hours of divine office, recited at the third hour (9 am)

§  Vespers : the evening service of divine office, recited before dark (4 - 5pm)

§  Compline : the last of the day services of divine office, recited before retiring (6pm)

Any work was immediately ceased at these times of daily prayer. The nuns were required to stop what they were doing and attend the services. The food of the monks was generally basic and the mainstay of which was bread and meat. The beds they slept on were pallets filled with straw. 
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Noble women and the peasent women in different in these reasons. The noble women is more richer than the peasent women. Second, they don’t have to work than peasent women. Noble women and nuns are very different too; the noble women just think about herself but nuns think about every one. Noble women is sellfish but the nuns aren’t. The noble women and the women in the nowadays are different too; they can be  happy and rich at the same time. So in conclusion. I think only rich is not the most happiest thing in the world.

Conclusion

Thank you for listening to my speech and participaying on my speech. I hope you understand my speech.  I told you about first, womens life. Secondly, noble women and thiirdly peasent women and lastly I compared noble, peasent and nuns and lastly women in the nowadays. Thank you for listening and have a nice day!!