It is undeniable that in history there have always been great women who played preponderant roles at many times and this had a strong meaning, especially when this role was performed in areas such as management of an empire or a military command, given that, in many civilizations, women were seen as a being with social limitations and without virtues policies. Many great women have shown that your skills and abilities can never be underestimated..
Obviously, the list of remarkable women in history and their achievements is very extensive and with each passing day it increases. Although some of these important figures are part of the imagination of great part of humanity and illustrate very well the Ancient Age, the Middle Ages, the Modern Age and the Contemporary Age.
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great women of the ancient age
From the most remote civilizations, the figure of the woman is faced with fascination and fear, as is the case of allegorical characters such as Helena de Troia, whose beauty provoked a
war. But at the same time, there isdecisive female figures, as, among the Greeks, Diotima of Mantineia, philosopher and priestess, and Sappho of Mytilene, poetess.At the Middle East, we have the example of queen of sheba, one of the most powerful in Arabia; the of Maria Madalena, a prostitute who played a prominent role among the followers of Jesus Christ; and Mary, mother of Jesus, who, despite the veracity of her virginal conception and her holiness, exerted and still exerts an enormous influence on millions of people.
At the Ancient Egypt, we had women like Hatshepsut, wife of Thutmose II, who was also a pharaoh of Egypt; Nefertiti, wife of Aquenaton; and the most famous of all, Cleopatra, whose devices, in the times of the Roman domination over Egypt, made two generals of Rome, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, bind themselves to her lovingly and politically. Among the many prominent female figures in the Old age, there is still Roxane, the princess Persian who became the spouse of Alexander the Great of Macedonia.
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Great Women of the Middle Ages
At AgeAverage, we have the queen Isabel of Castile, who, along with her husband Fernando de Aragão, promoted the Unification of Spain at the end of the 15th century, expelling the Moors (Muslims) from the Iberian Peninsula.
In Portugal, there is the dramatic story of Inês de Castro, narrated by the poet Luís de Camões in The Lusiads. Inês was chased and killed by King D. Afonso IV so that he could not carry out a possible marriage union with the future king D. Peter.
At the medieval period, the biggest woman was JoanaD'Arc, who led French army troops in the Hundred Years War, but ended up being persecuted and killed, accused of heresy.
Great Women of the Modern Age
At the entrance of the modern era, TheQueen Elizabeth, from England, also had great importance, as well as Mary Stuart, from Scotland. Added to these two is Saint Teresa of Avila, a great writer and mystic of Spanish Catholicism.
Further up, in the 18th century, we have women like Catherine the Great, Tsarina of Russia from 1762 to 1796, who was considered one of the enlightened despots, that is, the absolutist kings who were open to some of the reformist ideas proposed by the Enlightenment.
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Great Women of the Contemporary Age
In the 19th and 20th centuries, the number of prominent women is quite large and covers various sectors, from the cultural to the political. Names like Anita Garibaldi, Maria Quiteria and Princess Isabel, in theBrazil, have prominent place.
Already in the history of england, for example, names like Queen Victoria and Margaret Thatcher are also among the main ones. Many others could also be mentioned, but these examples already testify to the great influence that women have had in our history.
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Throughout England's history, some women have played a decisive role in the political arena. Among these women, we can highlight Queen Elizabeth I, in the 16th century, and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in the 20th century, who, respectively:
a) conquered a vast territory in Asia, becoming sovereign of India; he refused to get involved in the Falklands War against Argentina.
b) fought Anglicanism in his country, contrary to the legacy of Henry VIII; it promoted a series of socialist reforms that benefited the English working class.
c) completed the Anglican reformist work of Henry VIII, her father; fought the English unionism and implemented measures of a liberal nature in the economy of England.
d) she followed the precepts of the Catholic Counter-Reformation, applying them to her reign; he followed the precepts of Marxism, applying them in his political-economic project in the 1980s.
e) she had no difficulties in being accepted as queen after the death of her father Henry VIII; she did not need to be a member of the British Parliament to be appointed Prime Minister.
(FEI-SP, adapted) More than six hundred years ago, Saint Joan of Arc was born in Domrémy (France). At 19, she became a hero and martyr for religion. Joana D' Arc's life is associated with:
a) The Hundred Years War, which indicates the armed conflicts between France and the Holy Roman Empire resulting from rivalries between Catholics and Protestants.
b) War of the Two Roses, dynastic struggles carried out for the succession to the French throne during the 15th century.
c) Thirty Years' War, which took place between France and Spain during the Habsburg dynasty. In this conflict, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake by the Spanish Inquisition.
d) The Hundred Years War, which indicates a series of armed conflicts between England and France between the 14th and 15th centuries.
e) Expansion of the Frankish Kingdom, which, by incorporating most of Western and Central Europe, formed the Carolingian Empire.
