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    mainly with peasants who would revolt from time to time and the leaders of the revolts died in prison or were executed by torture that was so gruesome most people behaved out of fear for the rest of their lives How were crimes dealt with? In the medieval period‚ law and order was harsh. The people in charge of law and order believed that people would learn how to behave in the right way if

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    Lab Questions Visit A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments and read the articles. 1. The following answers are located in the articles. Read through the articles to answer each question: a. Which instrument looks like a snake? The Serpent b. Which instrument is played by winding a crank? The Hurdy-Gurdy c. Which instrument "is a loud reed-cap instrument with a double reed"? The Rauschpfeife d. Which instrument has been called the most versatile of Renaissance wind instruments

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    focus on the center. This was unusual in comparison to the basilicas which had a nave and a structural shape resembling a cross. Although the exterior may seem bland‚ the interior is blanketed with magnificent mosaics that survive from the early Medieval period. A mosaic is a picture formed by embedding small pieces (tesserae) of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors. The east side of San Vitale covered in dense mosaics. Above the apse‚ a mosaic portrays Christ seated on

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    Ordinary Peasant in Medieval Times Lisa Veling November 12‚ 2012 Cecilia Penifader lived on the English manor of Brigstock in the early fourteenth century. She was not a princess nor was she of noble blood. She was‚ in fact‚ a peasant. While many people today would consider her poor and lowly just because of that title‚ she was actually rather successful in life and was one of the wealthier peasants of her time. Cecilia did not leave behind any personal writings‚ as most medieval peasants were illiterate

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    Passage 57 of Jacob Rader Marcus’s work‚ The Jew in the Medieval World‚ provides great insight into the role of Jews under Muslim rule during the 10th century. The primary individual of the document is Saadia‚ who became the Gaon at the academy of Sura during the period of the Abbasid caliphate. During this dynasty‚ the “Jews had a political head in the exilarch and great religious leaders in the Geonim” (Marcus 323). Through the story of Saadia‚ it is apparent that while both the gaon and the exilarch

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    Feudalism was not a very effective response to the crisis of the early medieval era. Peasants in the kingdom were treated unfairly. Women were held back from doing things that men could. Knights… Feudalism is a political and economic system based on land ownership and personal loyalty. Peasants in the kingdom were treated unfairly. Most peasants were serfs and had to stay and work for the lord of the land under strict rules. “Serfs were people who could not lawfully leave the place where they

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    The topic that caught my attention is the gender roles during medieval times. Men and women has been treated differently since the beginning. Some of the countries up to this generation are still practicing the same role. For example‚ Chile. According to the article from boundless.com “A 2010 study by the United Nations Development Programmed found that 62% of Chileans are opposed to full gender equality and expressed the belief that women should limit themselves to the roles of mother and wife”

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    historical battles occurred between Christian Kingdoms and Muslim Moors in medieval Spain and Portugal. The Reconquista was characterized by Islamic conquest of Hispania‚ the collapse of the last Islamic state in Iberia and the expansion of Christian kingdoms‚ a history explored in this paper. Medieval Iberian Medieval Iberian land comprised of multicultural complexity that would become modern Portugal and Spain. The medieval Iberian Peninsula was a region with rich cultural‚ religious and ethnic diversity

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    castle tower and guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. The entire plot setting is based roughly around the same time frame as the actual middle ages‚ so the elements of medieval culture in this movie are clear. The guarded castles‚ mythical creatures‚ and feudal system enforced between the peasants and royalty are all elements of medieval culture. One major scene that depicts the essence of the Middle Ages best is when Shrek leads Lord Farquaad to Fiona as an exchange for guaranteed privacy of Shrek’s

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    Compare the rise of towns in Medieval Europe with towns in America Depending on the time period‚ the criteria for building and growth of the city could be religious‚ defensive‚ or for trade. The fall of the Roman empire‚ which had unified Europe‚ led to the Middle Ages. At it’s fall‚ trades were put to an end because of the change of money‚ and goods were too easily stolen during travel. This was a period of transition. The different states started or attempted to start a structure to

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