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    The Knight and the Squire

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    The two characters I have chosen from The Canterbury Tales are The Knight and the Squire‚ who share a father and son relation. These characters set out on a religious pilgrimage to a cathedral in Canterbury. The Squire‚ opposed to the Knight‚ goes for a vacation instead of religious purposes like the Knight. Though the Knight and the Squire are from the same feudal class and vocation‚ they differ in the fact that the Knight represents how society should have been; and the Squire depicts an accurate

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    Nate Bradley Mr. Silberstein English IV‚ Period 1 30 November 2009 The Beginning of the End of Morals If Chivalry is dead‚ then so is truth‚ justice‚ and the American way. America was based on profound leaders that set up a moral Constitution that make the men of this country question morality. Chivalry‚ being the Knights code of conduct‚ is a distinct set of rules that portrays the morals of a Knight. Not only is Chivalry not dead‚ but it will never die as long as there are men and women with

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    This period of time ensured many changes‚ positive and negative regarding the labor system. It is evident that serfdom congealed from about 1750 onwards‚ meaning that the peasants were required to provide free labor for a particular number of days a year or a specific amount of money to their lords. The time of labor depended on when it was needed. For example‚ during harvesting or sowing. The job had to be done‚ regardless‚ the peasants own farming responsibilities. Subsequent to the emancipation

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    Carnivalistic sense of the world. In “Rabelais and His World”‚ Bakhtin argues that the Carnival was people’s second life where they lived for a certain time and experienced the second world which they themselves have created. Perhaps the strongest argument Bakhtin gives for this assumption relies on the claim that on carnival common rules and behavior do not apply: “People were‚ so to speak‚ reborn for new‚ purely human relations. These truly human relations were not only a fruit of imagination

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    Prompt 3: In what ways and to what extend did absolutism affect the power and status of the European nobility in the period 1650 to 1750? Use examples from at least two countries. Absolutism was the beginning of the end for Europe’s nobility when it came to political power and influence. This period is often described as a bridge between Europe’s feudal society in which nobles held ultimate power and status to the capitalist society which eliminated the nobility’s influence over government and

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    Were the crusades worthwhile for the people of Europe? Religious wars‚ known prominently by the name of the crusades‚ were a sequence of battles between Christian and Muslim forces for control of the Holy Lands‚ in particular‚ Jerusalem. The battles occurred between the years of 1096 and 1291. Christian forces believed it was the place where Jesus was crucified and where he ascended to heaven; alternatively‚ to Muslims it was the place where Muhammad ascended to heaven. Despite the

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    Peasants DBQ

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    PEASANT REVOLT DBQ This revolt lasted from 1524 till 1526‚ it began in the German states‚ and the main reason for the revolt was new Lutheran ideas that were beginning to go against the traditional Catholicism ideas. Documents 1‚4 and 5 give insight on the views those who were on the nobility side‚ Documents 2 and 3 give more specific details over the views of peasants and finally for Documents 7‚8 and 12 explain how the mainly how the revolt didn’t have much meaning behind it. Documents 1‚ 4

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    While Lutheran beliefs‚ high taxes‚ and serfdom caused the peasant revolts‚ the nobles’ responses were solely based upon monetary gains and fear‚ while commoners had mixed reactions but were mostly against the peasants. Religious officials viewed the peasant revolts with differing views. For example‚ Thomas Muntzer encouraged these revolts‚ implying that they were God’s Will (Doc 6). On the other hand‚ Martin Luther condemned the peasants‚ claiming that they were associated with the Devil (Doc 7)

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    What is what? – Conqueror and Conquest Duchy A territory or domain ruled by a Duke or Duchess. Duchy A territory or domain ruled by a Duke or Duchess. Earldom The rank or title of an earl or the territory governed by an earl. Shire A county. Hundred A smaller subdivision of a county or shire. Hide A former measure of land used in England‚ typically equal to between 60 and 120 acres Danelaw The name given to the part of England where the laws of the "Danes" were in place and dominated

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    The Great Cat Massacre entails understanding history differently. It is the story of vengeance of some ill fed journeymen at the face of their bourgeoisie master’s attitude. The pranksters carry out their master plan by killing the Cats and then staging a mock trial. What the author point outs is the humor that they share at the face of this cruelty and he urges the reader to understand the Rabelaian humor contextualizing the event against the backdrop of the peasant society of the Ancien Regime

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