Answer:
Society
Explanation:
The Church limited women by saying they were mere housewives, and even the bible supported this fact. The old testament states that women must bear children to the man, and they must bear both daughters and sons to continue this process. The church was the sole controller of this information, since the common peasant was usually illiterate and could not read Latin, which was the language the bible was written in. Therefore women were relegated to that meager role by the Church and the bible.
