Role of Women in Post-Classical Era - Change over Time Essay
The post-classical era was the time marked the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the beginning of the Age of Exploration. The post-classical era was the beginning of a lack of centralized government. Centralization eventually reoccured but not until many years later. A major change that did occur during this time period was the role of women throughout many different regions. Between 650 C.E. and 1450 C.E. (post-classical era), Indian women roles changed by women having to start marrying during childhood and women having their first female leader but it stayed the same by women continuing sati, being part of a patriarchal caste system, and having limited education. The role of Middle Eastern women changed during this time period by women losing respect, women having to start wearing veils, and more women becoming educated but it stayed the same by their society continuing to be patriarchal and them being equal under Islam. The women in India changed and remained the same in a multitude of ways. In the beginning of the post-classical era, Indian women weren’t forced to have childhood marriages. This changed by the end of this period due to the fact that a lot of India urbanized because of the population increase. Another significant change was that there was the first female Islamic ruler by the end of the post-classical era. The ruler Razia Sultana became the first female Sultan of Dehli. There are many significant continuities in India throughout the post-classical era as well. A very significant continuity was that sati continued in their society. Sati, the act of a widow burning themselves at her husbands funeral, was a very patriarchal ritual and this continued throughout all of the post-classical era. Another significant continuity was that the caste system remained in tact. The caste system was very patriarchal due to the fact that all women were ranked below all men of their same caste. The fact that there were still a very limited education