The Colas c28.15

c28.15

Women were placed under no restraints in their social life and activities, though modesty was considered the highest among their graces. The inscriptions give many examples of women of the upper classes owning property in their own right and disposing of it as they chose. The influence exerted by some of the princesses of the royal family on the public policy of ruling princes has already been noticed. Though kings and nobles indulged in a plurality of wives, the monogamous family was doubtless the normal unit of social life. The employment of female labour in the less skilled occupations was perhaps quite as common as at present.