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Widows were
permitted to remarry.
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Upperclass women
often were educated.
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Extended family
living was not common among
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the peasantry;
women worked in households and
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in town markets.
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At all levels,
however, women were subordinate
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to men.
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Their most
vital social function was to produce
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male children.
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Elder males
dominated households and males
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received the
greater share of family property.
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Political
positions were reserved for males.
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