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.
It has as much to do with actual medieval Europe as spaghetti westerns have to do with living in frontier towns.
Not many seem to know this, but many ghost towns initially got deserted because a shootout happened. One. Shootout. That was enough for everyone to pack up and leave.