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Gender inequality in Medieval marriage: An analysis of The Good Wife of Paris

Authors
Siwen Chen1, *
1Yew Wah International Education School of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, Guangzhou, 510897, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 18565332200@163.com
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Siwen Chen
Available Online 30 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_75How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Medieval marriage; Life in medieval Paris; Gender inequality; Life in medieval Europe
Abstract

This paper studied The Good Wife of Paris from pages 53 to 64, a book written by a wealthy elder ‘bourgeoise’, which means people who lived in the urban areas from medieval Paris in the 14th century to his young wife through analyzing the historical background, the author’s identity and the main content of the book. This paper explores the conditions of marriage in the wealthy, upper class in the Middle Ages in Paris after the Black Death epidemic through many contents in the book, such as the use of metaphors of the subordination between God and Lucifer and the ownership between the dog and its master and through researching the Canon laws back in 14th century related to marriage. As a result, the paper concludes that marriage then was dominated by an unequal relationship of male dominance and female obedience, even in the relatively elite, wealthy upper and middle classes.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
30 December 2022
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978-2-494069-89-3
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_75How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Author(s)
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