On one hand it makes sense that medieval european social relations imply, well, medieval european social relations and it makes sense to use your novel (or your show) to examine those.
On the other I can relate to many people wanting to see women in medieval fantasy to be represented in some other way than constant misery porn.
That's also the woman who set a woman who poisoned her rapist husband on fire...
Geez, people weren't kidding with the Hillary comparison.