“Most Elizabethan men will shake their heads in disbelief if you suggest the idea of the equality of the sexes. No two men are born equal – some are born rich, some poor; the elder of two brothers will succeed to his father’s estates, not the younger – so why should men and women be treated equally?”

“Most Elizabethan men will shake their heads in disbelief if you suggest the idea of the equality of the sexes. No two men are born equal – some are born rich, some poor; the elder of two brothers will succeed to his father’s estates, not the younger – so why should men and women be treated equally?”

— Ian Mortimer