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What is the role of a courtesan in a late medieval setting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Carnifex" data-source="post: 1080028" data-attributes="member: 227"><p>The idea that maried women had no rights is untrue, although they were in a situation where they didn't have an immense amount of freedom. It should be noted that its was not just the men who had affairs and suchlike.</p><p></p><p>The main area that they lacked rights was to do with their marital status, a situation that is still in place in many areas of the world today. They got married off to suitable partners on the basis of politics, not love. </p><p></p><p>The thing about noble women having to pay to remain single is incorrect. What actually happened was that the king had authority over widows and heirs of noblemen who died (which was a not uncommon occurance). Under certain monarchs, the heir to the nobleman's estate would have to pay a sum of money to ensure their inheritance rights, and sometimes the same was true for widows.</p><p></p><p>Consider this though - the king would usually ensure that the widow was remarried to someone of suitable status and power. Without the king's aid, widows were in a bad situation, since theere wasn't any vocation they could do to get money, and the property of their former husbands would not necessarily go into their possession.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carnifex, post: 1080028, member: 227"] The idea that maried women had no rights is untrue, although they were in a situation where they didn't have an immense amount of freedom. It should be noted that its was not just the men who had affairs and suchlike. The main area that they lacked rights was to do with their marital status, a situation that is still in place in many areas of the world today. They got married off to suitable partners on the basis of politics, not love. The thing about noble women having to pay to remain single is incorrect. What actually happened was that the king had authority over widows and heirs of noblemen who died (which was a not uncommon occurance). Under certain monarchs, the heir to the nobleman's estate would have to pay a sum of money to ensure their inheritance rights, and sometimes the same was true for widows. Consider this though - the king would usually ensure that the widow was remarried to someone of suitable status and power. Without the king's aid, widows were in a bad situation, since theere wasn't any vocation they could do to get money, and the property of their former husbands would not necessarily go into their possession. [/QUOTE]
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