How Did the Protestant Reformation Affect European Women's Lives in the Sixteenth

question 23

Multiple Choice

How did the Protestant Reformation affect European women's lives in the sixteenth century?

• A) Women gained new economic opportunities as old Catholic ideas restricting them to domestic duties were overturned.
• B) In Protestant areas of Europe, most female religious orders closed, confining women to wifehood and motherhood and denying them access to education and status.
• C) The Protestant Puritan religion swept over many Western European societies and placed greater restrictions on sexual intimacy in marriage.
• D) Most Protestant churches accorded women a greater religious and political equality, ending the patriarchal family in Protestant areas.

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