were noble were encouraged to gain an education so they would make their husbands look good and they'd be useful at social gatherings because they would be able to socialize with other educated people. Society viewed women's potential to learn as equal to a man's, but the women were not completely expected to get involved or pursue the political or professional jobs that the educated men had. The women of the Renaissance's education was almost entirely for entertainment purposes only. The Reformation brought opinions which were far more negative than the views brought on from the Renaissance age. Women were thought to only be useful for taking care of children and carrying out the duties of keeping the house clean. People believed that women were also physically built to do those jobs, so they believed that God wanted them to do only that. Men did not want women to gain an

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