... legal rights regarding property, family, and marriage. Their responsibilities as women varied w/ income of the husband. The religion of Islam affected the role of women in Muslim society in a way that the holy book is called the Koran. In China during the Tang and Song periods transformed Chinese society. The status of Chinese women, who had always been subservient, declined even further. The reasons for ... following could be said about the tournaments held in the middle ages EXCEPT that they were free of actual bloodshed. -Knights most commonly traded military service for land. Troubad...

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... . While soldiers in modern times often fight for personal reasons or out of obligation, soldiers of the medieval era fought out of loyalty to their leader or country. The traditions of the warring nobility, in the middle ages, heavily emphasized the points of chivalry, piousness, courage, and camaraderie. In looking at medieval literature, The Song of Roland, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Beowulf, seem to best ... convey the preceding points. Chivalry is perhaps the second most important aspect of warring in the middle ages, second only to the Christian faith, but is one that most...

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... harmony. During the Middle Ages, nonreligious music was mostly learned by ear and not by script for the composers and performers of music were mostly illiterate minstrels. Minstrels made their living by chanting long poems about heroic deeds, such as "Song of Roland", and playing dance music on harps, bagpipes, bowed stringed instruments, and recorders. Minstrels also entertained with acrobatic stunts and magic tricks ... . After the 11th century, many minstrels became members of feudal houses while some others learned to write music. Therefore, a few dances and songs ... mot means word ...

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