Women in Anglo-Saxon society (original) (raw)

The study of the role of women in particular in the society of Anglo-Saxon England has been a topic of academic research in history and gender studies since the 1980s. A seminal study was published by Christine Fell as Women in Anglo-Saxon England in 1984. According to Fell, women were "near equal companions to the males in their lives, such as husbands and brothers, much more than in any other era before modern time". Despite this sense of equality in some strata of society, Anglo Saxon women were still subject to concubinage.Gender was influenced by social status, religion and sexuality.They were not only allowed to have private influence, but also a wide liberty of intervention in public affairs.