Bizans Rumları: Revizyonlar arasındaki fark

Bizans toplumu kadınlar hakkında çok az kayıt bıraktığı için, onlar [[Bizantoloji]]de göz ardı edilme eğilimindeydi.{{Kdş|Cavallo|1997|p=117}} Kadınlar, yasal statülerinin bazı yönlerinde ve eğitime erişimde erkeklere göre daha yoksundular ve hareket özgürlükleri de sınırlıydı.{{Kdş|Cavallo|1997|p=118}} Bizanslı Rum bir kadının hayatı üç aşamaya ayrılabilir: [[kız]]lık, [[anne]]lik ve [[dul]]luk.{{Kdş|Cavallo|1997|p=119}}

 

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For most girls, [[childhood]] came to an end with the onset of [[puberty]], which was followed shortly after by betrothal and marriage.<ref name="Cavallo121">{{harvnb|Cavallo|1997|p=121}}.</ref> Although marriage arranged by the family was the norm, romantic love was not unknown.<ref name="Cavallo121"/> Most women bore many children but few survived infancy, and grief for the loss of a loved one was an inalienable part of life.<ref>{{harvnb|Cavallo|1997|p=124}}.</ref> The main form of birth control was abstinence, and while there is evidence of contraception it seems to have been mainly used by prostitutes.<ref>{{harvnb|Cavallo|1997|p=125}}.</ref>

Although female life expectancy in Byzantium was lower than that of men, due to death in childbirth, wars and the fact that men married younger, female widowhood was still fairly common.<ref name="Cavallo128"/> Still, some women were able to circumvent societal strictures and work as traders, artisans, abbots, entertainers, and scholars.<ref>{{harvnb|Rautman|2006|p=26}}.</ref>

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=== Girişimciler ===

{{Ayrıca bakınız|Bizans ekonomisi}}