Patronage of most medieval musicians was supplied by the a) wealthy b) church c) monarchs d) towns

The right answer is "A. Wealthy".

In the service of the high nobility, the musician was nothing more than a servant who, after providing music for dinner and conversation, would dine in the kitchen with the rest of the household. To please his bosses, he had to follow the musical traditions. In his work he respected and reflected the emotions of the court. The creative imagination would not be welcome if it represented the breaking down of traditional structures

social contract theory basically says that all individuals are born equal, and provided a god given right to consent to be governed. american government is based of this

thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality. 

the conditions that made the byzantine empire vulnerable to attacks by the muslin turks were the sack of constantinople by western crusaders, the conquests of the sultanate of rum, presence of rival kingdoms and finally the set up of fiefdoms at the empire which were owned by the ghazis (turkish warriors).