WOman DBQ
... In document one, written by Peter Sterns, he commentates on the overall conditions of woman of Islam and West/East Christianity. Both religions treated woman inferior. ... If there were no children, then the woman still received a small share, and depending on family relations, the other part went to someone else. Islam was very demeaning toward woman and the guidelines depicted women as pure evil and full of sin, much like Christianity. Yet in documents 5 and 6, Christianity shows an aspect of woman authority and the letting up on rules. ... Also, a woman had the right to a will. ... The author of the passage says not to mock a woman who knows what she is doing, just because of her gender. ... The city of Magdeburg developed laws on man and woman provisions of marriage, relationship, divorce, and property. ... They can inherit the most property and when they die, their wives are to give up property and valuables of both and pass them down to the children; yet, woman gained some rights as well. ... Centered on the legal status of woman, the main topic is over the testimony of a woman in court. ... Woman in this passage are mentioned as wicked and should never attempt to do a task made only for the male sex. This again returns back to the idea of woman inferiority and confines women in a poor status of inequality in the Byzantine Empire. ... You do not hear of the woman’s view on these bias laws or of the different ranks of woman. It said in document 8 that a woman must pass on through inheritance certain items. ... Of course a noble woman would have these items but for peasants. ... You do not hear of any woman’s view in these documents. ... Due to the fact you do not hear of “the missing voice”, then you hear of the man’s distinct rules upon woman. It is all based on the idea woman are inferior. ... , followed similar aspects of treatment toward woman and relate their ideals upon fate of their Lords, God and Allah.