Sept/24-25/08

who were the moors?
Moors were characterized in Elizabethan England as being alternately or even simultaneously noble or monstrous, civil or savage. Being a different race meant, primarily, being an Other, non-English, as well as non-Christian. http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/7261/gripe5.html
who were the venetians? the Venetians were a wealthy and powerful people. This wealth was due Venice’s canals which made it an ideal place for trade. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=117520&tocid=24063&query=1600%20venice http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Annex/DraftTxt/MV/
What was the military duty of ranked officers?
It is someone who has been in the army since they were young. They are powerful figures in society and are well respected.
What was the role of women?
Women were mostly silent, they did not speak out much at all about their opinions, especially in public. Some women wrote, but mostly all they wrote about was prayer and meditation. The only real chance they got to write about their feelings was in poems. www.yale.edu/opa/v27.n29/story8
What was the Military Hierarchy?
Pay for military services rendered was essentially nonexistent
http://www-adm.pdx.edu/user/sinq/greekciv2/sport/army/seanh4.htm
What was expected of daughters?
Daughters were seen as property to control by their fathers. They were expected to obey their father’s wishes and to marry by the age of thirteen. http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~pbatch/essay3.htm
What was expected of a bride?
Woman was supposed to marry well, be loyal to her husband and give birth to boys.
http://www.teacheroz.com/renaissance.htm
Marriage and Inheritance in between men and women?
First, land descended to the eldest son to the exclusion of his siblings. But if there was no son, land went to the daughter. If there were more than one daughter then they were all equal heiresses. Common law gave a limited preference to males, as it gave daughters preference over collateral males, such as the nephew, or uncle, or male cousin. Over time the widow's third became a well protected right that extended over any land her husband had ever held during their marriage. If a husband wished to alienate land he had to get his wife's consent. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=117520&tocid=24063&query=1600%20venice http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Annex/DraftTxt/MV/
Rules existed to get married?
Men used to choose the bride but bride didnt had any right to choose a guy.She was allowed to marry the guy whom she was liked by. most famous moor? The Moor of Venice. http://www.wikispace.com/
what were the rules of courtship?
The lower classes, I think it was pretty free, you married who you wanted"Prior to 1545, Christian marriages in Europe were by mutual consent, declaration of intention to marry and upon the subsequent physical union of the parties.[citation needed] The couple would promise verbally to each other that they would be married to each other; the presence of a priest or witnesses was not required. This promise was known as the "verbum." If made in the present tense (e.g., "I marry you"), it was unquestionably binding; if made in the future tense ("I will marry you"), it would constitute a betrothal. But if the couple proceeded to have sexual relations, the union was a marriage. http://www.drizzle.com/~celyn/mrwp/mrwp.html