Woman, church and state

About “Woman, church and state”

Woman, Church and State examines the historical patterns of male domination in both religious and political institutions that contributed to the oppression of women. The book covers topics such as the medieval belief that women were unclean and the cause of original sin, discrimination in canon law, abuse in the feudal system, the witch-hunts, the legal subjugation of wives to husbands, and the opposition to women's education.