Women in different societies around the world experienced different difficulties and roles during the Middle Ages. These difficulties and roles helped shape how they were viewed in their society. Some women were treated better and more equally than others. In Rome, medieval England, and Viking society, women's legal status, education, marriage, and family roles were considered different, but also similar. In some nations women have more or less power than women in other nations, but none equal the power women have in America today. Women in ancient Rome did not have the same legal status as their husbands, fathers, or any other male figure in society. Women could not make legal transactions without the consent of their husband or father. This showed how men were superior and controlled the money in the family. A woman was permanently attached to her family of origin and to her husband's family if she married. If they worked, the jobs were considered of little importance. Their work has always been considered secondary to that of men. Usually a woman's job was to take care of the house and please her husband. Women who tried to have a 'superior' job such as a nurse were considered witches. So women tended to work in the lowest jobs or those that a man didn't want. Women during this era could have been a lady of the manor, a nun, a free citizen, etc. The lady of the manor was a woman who managed manors, farms and castles. He normally dealt with the management of land, crops, animals, property, workers and legal matters. This has always been considered "women's work". A woman could also be a nun. A nun's main job was to "work" for God. Typically a woman's job was to be a free citizen, meaning they kept order in their home and also helped their husbands in business. The woman would help him in his trade or practice her own. It was rare for a woman to work at other jobs, especially one with many jobs