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A few small wording changes for clarification purposes - you switch male/female to female/male which is a bit jarring, if I remember correctly this would generally take the same pattern before and after the semicolon.
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'''''Arts and Majesty''''' is an ancient work of [[Roshar]]an literature that has come to define the [[Vorinism|Vorin]] ideas of masculine and feminine arts.{{wob ref|6245}} It defines certain topics and practices as
== History ==
''Arts and Majesty'' was written by a female artist{{wob ref|6245}}{{wob ref|4447}} well before the [[Day of Recreance]].{{wob ref|900}} It may not have had much influence on culture before the Recreance; soon afterward, however, some men in power came across it and began emphasizing it to justify keeping [[Shardblade]]s and [[Shardplate]] away from women.{{wob ref|5898}}{{wob ref|12662}} As retaliation, a movement of women caused writing and literacy to move into the domain of women.{{wob ref|6245}}
The division between masculine and feminine arts became part of Vorin culture over the next few decades{{wob ref|900}} and remained solidly in place
== Arts ==
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