Yes of course. Woman where counted as unequal beings by the church for a long time. There were long disputes if they have souls at first. At first they were counted as bit higher beings than dogs or chickens but still not really humans (only men were true humans with souls).
Its bit weird such negative position towards woman as actually the most active followers of the Christian church upon its beginning were actually women.
Well at least pope decided to make them beings with soul eventually... but their unequal status to the man still remained.
Almost no one on streets could read thats why heralds were needed to tell people about rulers orders and new laws, because leaving a written announcement would have zero effect.
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