One good example is how they respect the women of their culture. Most cultures around their time treated women fairly, but never as well as a man. Men were seen as the more powerful, intelligent, strong, and just all around better human being. They were the next best thing to the gods. But in medieval culture it seems that it was possible for some women to be treated a lot better than the men, especially if they had a higher ranking over the men. This idea is expressed really well in the story of Tristan and Iseult. Throughout this story, Iseult is treated with great respect; sometimes it seems even as much as her husband who is the King. This comes partly because she is royalty but none the less she is still respected. Even when the King is about to have his wife killed for committing a crime against him, the common people try to stand up for her by asking the King that he at least give her a trial with a sentencing before he just kills her. (Romance 78) In asking

The last example I will use which sort of gives of the same idea as the stained glass windows is the sculptures and art such as The Prophet Jeremiah of St. Pierre, Moissac, France (Cunningham 311), the Pentecost, abbey Church of La Madeleine, Vezelay (Cunningham 312), and the Scenes from the Life of the Virgin Mary, Chartres Cathedral (Cunningham 350). All of these sculptures depict some sort of a powerful biblical scene which are also placed on or around the church to affirm the beliefs of the people in the towns were they stand.

this they are showing respect and love for the Queen, but by doing this they are also disrespecting the King by questioning his decisions.

Another way the people of medieval times liked to idealize is in their elevation of a romantic love to a spiritual one. It seems that in most cases and stories you hear about, you always hear the lovers, and the people in their lives make references to God as being the reason things happen in their lives. This is also shown in the story of Tristan and Iseult. In the beginning of the story the two couldn’t stand each other, but upon drinking a certain love potion fell so deeply in love that nothing could keep them apart for as long as they lived. Now it is the truth that the main reasons these two can’t stay away from each other is because of the strength of the potion they both drank; but you also hear them make reference to God a lot. You hear of them being afraid of him punishing them or not punishing them because of the choices they make for the love of each other. An example of this would be when Brangien says: “Iseult, God has worked a miracle for you, for he is compassionate and will not hurt the innocent in heart”(Romance 66). She says this after Tristan and Iseult met in their usual place in the tall pine trees, and they were able to see King Mark before they spoke and accidentally let him know the truth about them. Other good examples of their love being spiritually guided by God is when the narrator of the story says things like “May God protect the lovers!”(Romance 63) when he is telling of troublesome times for them.

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