Using Isabella d'Este as an example, explore the role of women during this period
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The duchess of Mantua was a collector of art and antiques, an unusual interest of women at this time. She had her own studiolo housing her collection and she commissioned art works from artists of the day. She was well educated and the equal of the artists she patronized. Her activities and skills indicate a greater level of power in her own life and in society at large. As her details support, wealthy women (at least) seemed to be moving out into the world in ways generally reserved to men.
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a. true b. false
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A. Martin Luther King Jr. B. Frantz Fanon C. Malcolm X D. Whitney Young
A melismatic setting is __________
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The area from south of the Sudan to Turkey and from Mauritania to Pakistan is
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