Sometimes when a woman gets
married it’s a signed contract with their husbands. The reading of “Margaret Paston”
was a good example of wifely duties which I found a little more modern but too
overwhelming with duties for the wife. Married at a young age of eighteen, her
duties consist of taking care of the children, making the clothing, oversea the
estate and collect the rent, while the husband was away. Her husband trusted
her enough to take care of his business and made sure that everything ran
smoothly. Margaret had more of a normal family relationship where the women had
access to the assets of the husband, although there was a lot to do, women in these times didn't depend on servants but made use of their own skills in their daily life. I look at
this in a positive light because Margaret keeping herself busy helps to keep
her out of negative activities.
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