num_pages: 26
description: Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 5.5 (CH), University of Bern, 18 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In this paper I will take a closer look on the role of the Anglo Saxon Woman as it is presented in literature. The paper will begin with a discussion of the participation and influence of Anglo Saxon women in religion, and the legal rights of women will then be described. The origins of terms describing men and women will be examined and the position of women within families in a class-dominated feudalist society will be discussed. I will emphasise my conclusions by referring to Old English poems. While it is generally accepted that Anglo-Saxon women had many different roles and their daily life very much depended on the status they had in their community, I will focus on the noble women, the so called ides, since little literature exists in which women in lower social classes are included.
language: English
title: Rights and roles of women in Anglo-Saxon England
publisher: GRIN Verlag GmbH