Under English Law in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Women

Multiple Choice

Under English law in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, women:

A) enjoyed far greater rights than they did in Spain and Spanish America.
B) who outlived their husbands were entitled to one-half of the husband's property.
C) surrendered their legal identities when they married.
D) were expected to submit to their husbands in public, but not in private.
E) gained a great deal of personal and political power during the reigns of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.