medieval society

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medieval
adjective
uk
/ˌmed.ˈiː.vəl/us
/ˌmed.iˈiː.vəl/
related to the Middle Ages (= the period in European history from about AD 600 to ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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Assessing women's position inmedievalsocietyis rendered even more difficult as a result of the limited number of historical records available.
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This attitude was very much in line with the authoritarian paternalism that dominated the physicianpatient relationship inmedievalsociety.
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The question is an important one for it has a bearing on our overall view of latemedievalsociety.
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He successfully seeks to prove that the term 'public opinion' + rightly and commonly understood as a modern expression + can be transferred to all layers ofmedievalsociety.
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The importance of the ie inmedievalsocietyhad begun increasingly to attract scholarly attention from the 1970s, and during the 1980s women's perspectives started to be taken into account.
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Rigby's exploration ofmedievalsocietycould, indeed, be read as an introductory work in its own right.
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Universities and schooling inmedievalsociety.
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The romance may therefore address deep-seated anxieties inmedievalsocietyabout breeding and dynasty.
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Not all people have been found inmedievalsocietyapplications.
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When this practice happened en masse, it had the advantage of ensuring the strength and continuity of cultural and religious practices inmedievalsociety.
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In many localities, members ofmedievalsocietywore badges to distinguish their social status.
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Pilgrimage was a very prominent feature ofmedievalsociety.
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From legal perspective, earlymedievalsocietywas divided into freemen and serfs, but intermediate categories also existed.
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The first was the protection from military violence won by special groups inmedievalsociety.
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Leading churchwomen held a high rank withinmedievalsociety.
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Feudalism, although historians debate the term, is often used to describemedievalsociety.
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This or a similar system was the basis of latermedievalsociety.
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They were where both sacred and secular manuscripts were written, and are the primary sources for whatmedievalsocietywas like.
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Themedievalsocietyfaced with the prospect of most certainly dying in a short time often chose to live its life to the fullest for as long as it could.
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The style is concise, the anecdotes are well told, the descriptions short and picturesque; the whole constitutes one of the most living pictures ofmedievalsociety.
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