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Power of Women (Notable Queens/Noblewomen (Margaret of Anjou (Normal queen…
Power of Women
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Marriage
De Pisan: Only a very foolish man "if he sees that he has a good and wise wife...does not give her authority to govern in an emergency"
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Practical power & opportunities to run estates #
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Widows
Increasing protection in law, esp. dower & jointure
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Piety
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Marriage = greatest risk to the immortal soul #
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1450: Alice Chaucer married her son to Margaret Beaufort, both under canonical age, with no papal dispensation for consanguinity
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