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MARRIAGE
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 * " Marriage among Poorer People was an economic necessity" the children that were in these types of families were expected to help with work and the income that came into the household at a young age.
 * Women of higher rank had no choice in who they had to marry " Prominent families saw marriage as a way of forging diplomatic and territorial alliances."

CHILDBEARING
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 * "Most women's lives were dominated by childbearing," on average women during the renaissance would give birth to six or seven children.


 * "About five women died for every 100 births." Most people died from dirtiness, they did not understand the importance of being clean in those days. ("Women" 59)

HOUSEHOLD POSSESSIONS

 * Household possessions were simple. Most Renaissance women had two outfits and one pair of shoes, some kitchen utensils, a bed, a chamber pot, a table and bench, a chest, and a few tools. (Brown)