The Role Of Clothing In Medieval Times

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Thesis: The life people lived during the medieval time period was based a lot on wealth, mostly with the clothes they wore, food they ate, education that was obtained, and their marital status.
During the medieval time period, clothes had the same concept but were very different than clothes in today’s time period.
In the medieval time period, the types of food the people ate was based on their status of wealth.
The amount of education that one received was based on the person’s noble status.
In the medieval society, women were viewed as objects who were put on this earth to serve men.

II. Topic Sentence 1: During the medieval time period, clothes had the same concept but were very different than clothes in today’s time period.
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If a woman were to go against what her husband said, she would be beaten.
Since women were viewed as lesser than men, when a woman became pregnant they wanted a boy over a girl.
B. “As marriages were almost completely arranged, many parents would have tried to get their children to marry someone with a high status so the family could have also gotten the share of privileges (Satoshi Ian Noguchi).”
Marriage is supposed to be about love and passion for someone.
But in the medieval time period, marriage was more about the status of the family.
Parents would decide the fate of their love because it had great effects on the family.
It was said that when children marry it affects the economy and inheritance of the family (Satoshi Ian Noguchi).
If a child married someone rich, they would inherit a lot of money which would help out their entire family.
It also affects the families economy because the parents would be charged a fine for the child leaving the household.
When parents have to find their child someone to marry it’s easier for a male because he is superior to all the women.
C. “When having a child during the middle ages, many people preferred to have a son (Satoshi Ian

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