Medieval_Culture

Medieval Culture It is known that the people of medieval European culture were for the most part, idealist. They liked to think of things as they should be rather than how they really were. This idealism is evident in much of their stories, art and architecture and much more. One good example is how they respect the women of their culture. Most cultures around their time treated women fairly, but never as well as a man. Men were seen as the more powerful, intelligent, strong, and just all around better human being. They were the next best thing to the gods. But in medieval culture it seems that it was possible for some women to be treated a lot better than the men, especially if they had a higher ranking over the men. This idea is expressed really well in the story of Tristan and Iseult. Throughout this story, Iseult is treated with great respect; sometimes it seems even as much as her husband who is the King. This comes partly because she is royalty but none the less she is still respected. Even when the King is about to have his wife killed for medieval, culture, people, love, god, example, being, story, times, things, sort, much, man, make, better, about, spiritual, says, saints, king, iseult, idealize, women, treated, stand, seems, powerful, placed, knights, just, higher, hear, each, dante, common