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Why were women not allowed to read and write previous time?

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Answered by sakshisingh27

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It was common for women to be unable to read and write in their own language. Even though some were fortunate enough to be taught how to read, some were still unable to write. Women were not usually taught how to read Latin, the language of male scholars and people of the Church, who also happened to be male. In the later Middle Ages, even most nuns were not able to learn Latin.

Partially literate women became increasingly common in the later Middle Ages; but very few women were given the opportunity to learn to read and write. One of the most famous women readers , the Virgin Mary was often portrayed in medieval paintings and illuminations depicting the Annunciation, for example. Illustrations would show Mary before or beside an open Bible, implying that she was able to read. Pictures of the Annunciation were common, and people would most likely come across pictures of Mary reading in their Bibles or payer books. Mary was not the only woman to be portrayed with an open book beside her. For example, a painting by Jean Bourdichon shows Anne of Brittany kneeling before an open book. Another painting by Robert Campin and his assistants shows a woman reading in a painting of the Madonna and child with saints.

Answered by lovingheart

During the ancient times there were many reasons for which women were not allowed to read and write . They are listed as follows:

• They were always considered inferior to men and they were not allowed to be educated formally but only the royal women were allowed to be educated through scholars

• They thought that women’s were child bearing machines and they have to do only household works look after the children’s and take care of the family

• Some thought if women were educated they would start being considered equal to men and they will start arguing for equality

• So they considered educating them was a waste of time but they did not realize that educating a women means educating a society

• In the later period many women started getting educated and they developed their community

• In the modern world education played an important role and people started knowing its importance