Medieval women enjoyed civic privileges that later centuries stripped away.

Evidence

In the Middle Ages, the woman still retained some privileges: she took part in local meetings in the villages, she participated in the primary meetings for the deputies’ election to the Estates-General; her husband could exercise his own authority only over movables: his wife’s consent was necessary to alienate real estate. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 211

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Napoleonic Code institutionalized women’s legal subordination for a century — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 252

Broader Connections

• The Napoleonic Code institutionalized women’s legal subordination for a century #contradicts (0.85) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 252