Women in the Renaissance

Women in the Renaissance

Women in the renaissance were seen as an inferior sex during that period and were living in a world ruled by men. Although they lived trough half a century of queens, men had control over everything, women could not be seen as equal and could very often they could barely get a paying job. Women, in that period, were meant to be seen not heard which makes it very hard for a women to have their say. Women also primarily were used as raisers and bearers of kids, they were also mainly used to clean, cook and basically serve that which was higher above them at the time. Women usually worked as nuns and even in craft guilds but as the time progressed craft guilds began to exclude women in their work which only made it harder to get a working job if they needed one in an unfair time and unequal time. 

This is a portrait of a lady painted by 

an artist during the renaissance period. 

This portrait also tells us about how the women of the renaissance were typically and casually dressed in that time. In the painting, the women is pregnant and back in those days was one of the main uses that men had for them. With no real power, the wives were mainly always looking after and raising the children of the family. It was however the easiest way to secure a home to live in instead of having to have the very difficult task of finding a well paying job.