西欧中世纪家庭妇女浅析

A Brief Analysis on the Women in the Family in the Middle Ages

在中世纪,家庭有着不同的涵义。孩子们的童年极为短暂,许多女孩子在很小的年龄就嫁做人妇,成为家庭妇女。贵族、城市、乡村阶层家庭中的妇女在生活环境、承担的家庭责任、休闲方式、受教育程度等方面不尽相同,各具特点。但无论哪个阶层的家庭妇女,无论她们在家庭生活或经济生活中起着多么重大的作用,都不能享有和本阶层男子同等的权利,都要服从于丈夫的权威。因此,西欧中世纪家庭妇女在家庭和社会中的地位都很低下。

In the Middle Ages, family had different meanings. Children＇ s childhood was very short, and many girls married at very young age, then they became housewives. Women from different walks of life such as noble, city and rural, shared big differences and distinguishing features in their living condition, responsibilities in the family, ways of leisure and level of education. However, no matter which class the women belonged to, no matter how great role they played in the family life or economic life, they just could not enjoy the rights equally with the men of their classes. All they could do was to obey the husbands＇ authority. Consequently, housewife＇ s status in the family and society in the Middle Ages of Western Europe remained very low.