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The study of the role of women in particular in the society of Anglo-Saxon England has been a topic of academic research in history and gender studies since the 1980s. A seminal study was published by Christine Fell as ''Women in Anglo-Saxon England'' in 1984. According to Fell, women were "near equal companions to the males in their lives, such as husbands and brothers, much more than in any other era before modern time". Despite this sense of equality in some strata of society, Anglo Saxon women were still subject to concubinage. This equal status prevailed until the Norman Conquest of 1066, at which point a military society re-envisioned women as unimportant. Gender was influenced by social status, religion and sexuality. Many women in Anglo-Saxon England were of solid stance in society. They were not only allowed to have private influence, but also a wide liberty of intervention in public affairs. == Occupations == Women and children were generally involved in tasks that required little physical work. Though, due to climate and weather constraints, women may have done the work that needed attention at the time. While men were ox-herders, labourers, swine-herders, and so forth, women were cheese-makers〔Carol Hough (1999)〕 and dairy-maids. They were also bakers, though not cooks. In Old English the word for cook is ''coc'', and is only found in the masculine form, while ''baecere'' and ''bascestre'' respectively represent the feminine and masculine forms of baker. Female slaves were corn-grinders, serving maids, wet-nurses, weavers, and seamstresses.Common free women may have been found spinning as well as weaving. Women and ladies, including queens, would serve drinks for company and family. This was not only a job for a woman of lower-class, though it would have likely been done by a low-class woman if one were present. Women of this time were also entertainers, comedians, and singers, and may have been employed by households or travelling groups. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anglo-Saxon women」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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