The clergy. You will study the role of the church and its influence on women, its role as educator, monastic life, etc...

You will analyse all aspects related to the role of women in history, convenience marriages, woman in art; monasteries, churches and cathedrals....

Those who get the role character of clergymen should keep in mind the church maintained traditions, but it was also involved in progress, as part of the culture of those days.

Use the Internet information to answer these questions specifically related to your role character:

1. What type of education did women get during the Middle Ages?

2. What was a normal day like for women in that period?

3. Do you think the church was stronger in those days than it is today?

4. Can you think of any differences between women and men's lives in the Middle Ages?

5. Name some aspects of life during those days which seem better than in our time?

6. Was it easy for a woman to become a celebrity in those days?

       Links:

• What was it really like to live in the Middle ages?

• Everyday life

• Women in Medieval literature

• Christine de Pizan, Medieval writer

• Monastic life 

• Vocabulary of terms related to religious women

• Gothic Architecture

• Biographies of Notable Medieval Women

• The city of women

• Image Library

• Nuns and Monks of the Middle Ages

• Clothing

• Miracles