Important things to know about 1348

Events
January–December

April 7 – Charles University is founded in Prague.
June – Two ships enter the Bristol Channel bringing the bubonic plague to England.
June 24 – The Black Death outbreak goes into full swing in Melcombe Regis (modern-day Weymouth, Dorset in England).
July 6 – A Papal bull is issued by Pope Clement VI, protecting Jews against popular aggression during the Black Death epidemic.
November 1 – The anti-royalist Union of Valencia attacks the Jews of Murviedro because they are serfs of the King of Valencia and thus "royalists".

-Unknown Date-
- The Black Death epidemic spreads to central and western Europe.
- Emperor Sukō succeeds Emperor Komyo of Japan, making them the second and third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders, respectively.
- Stefan the Mighty, Emperor of Serbia conquers Thessaly and Epirus.
- Edward III of England creates the first English order of chivalry, the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
- The Pskov Republic gains independence from the Novgorod Republic with the treaty of Bolotovo.
- The Black Death breaks out in Cairo.
- Estimation: Hangzhou in Mongolian China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Cairo, capital of Mamluk Egypt.
- A de-facto truce is observed between England and France until 1355.
- Gonville Hall, the forerunner of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge is founded.

-Medieval Women's Rights-

While education flourished in the Middle Ages for men, it was not generally encouraged for women. Those from the nobility or wealthier classes were sometimes educated either privately, or in the home schools that were established for male members of the family. In the 9th century C.E. Charlemagne established a palace school that was directed by the English scholar Alcuin. Several famous teachers including Clement the Scot and Peter of Pisa were also brought to the court of Charlemagne. We know that Charelemagne's daughters Lucia and Columba were among the girls who were permitted to attend the palace school.

During the 1300's children of both sexes attended school in Florence. Women from the nobility or upper classes often had obligations that required literacy. With the rise of the Medieval university household were able to employ poor university students as tutors and on such occasions girls were sometimes permitted to to join the tutoring sessions of their brothers.

To preserve chastity, parents were warned to make sure their daughters "avoid superfluity of food, drink, sleep, baths and ornaments as these are nothing else but the seed-bed of impurity."

For girls wishing to become nuns, learning to read and write was part of the training. Some even studied Latin. For the most part, marriage, motherhood and child rearing were the principle goals for most girls. As transmiters of morality and religious dogma, they were to be "raised on sacred teachings to lead a regular, chaste, and religious life." Furthermore, according to clerics such as Francesco Barbaro and Maffeo Vegio, they were to devote their time primarily to "female labors" and prayers. Despite the restrictive social codes a number of women did assert their talents in as writers, poets, composers and artists.

But over all Women's Rights in the 1300's were. "You do not have any rights" Women were expected to submit to the will of the oldest male in their family, should he be of age, or their husband. The other option was to become a Hooker, and be under the subjecation of their pimp, for lack of better words.