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    The Poor Knights of the Temple of Solomon‚ which was later called the Knights Templar‚ was founded by a French Knight named Hughes de Payens. Hughes had taken religious vows upon the death of his wife. He was known to have been an austere man and had deeply held spiritual value‚ humility‚ and had uncompromising valor. He was almost fifty years old when he founded the Order; he was a veteran of the First Crusade who had spent twenty-two years of his life east of Europe. Hughes‚ along with eight other

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    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is a medieval romance poem written by an anonymous author. It was written in a dialect from Northern England. The poem uses alliteration similar to the Anglo-Saxon form of poetry. Sir Gawain is one of the major characters in the poem. Sir Gawain represents an ideal knight of the fourteenth century. Throughout the story‚ we see Sir Gawain portrayed as a very courteous and noble knight‚ always trying to help King Arthur. The poem

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    wondered how the knights and the Samurai learned how to do things that they do? The knights and Samurai both learned in different ways‚ in different environments. In this paper you will also read about the view of women from the Samurai and knights. Lastly‚ you will also learn how the Samurai and knights viewed education in Feudal Japan. The time era‚ they existed in the 8th through the 13th century. Time era that the knights and Samurai started learning was 1400-1600. The knights were located in

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    2/3/2013 English 1020 The Dark Knight Trailer Analysis The Dark Knight was made in 2008 and had a stellar cast including Heath Ledger‚ Christian Bale and Morgan Freeman. The Dark Knight was portrayed in many different ways‚ by an animated series‚ movies in the 90’s‚ but the best take on the comic book favorite is the dark and twisted version directed by Christopher Nolan. The shots of explosions as well as Batman jumping off buildings‚ really puts The Dark Knight into the action genre. Nolan also

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    assignment is about the Knight Capital Group’s trading issue in the third quarter of 2012‚ which wiped off over 75% of Knights’ market capitalization. Knight Capital Group‚ is a global financial services that provides market making‚ electronic execution‚ and institutional sales and trading for its clients. At its peak‚ the firm’s high-frequency trading algorithms accounted for almost 20% of all U.S. equities‚ with a market share of 17.3% on NYSE and 16.9% on NASDAQ. Knight Capital Group’s $440

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    Hastings the foot-soldier based army of the English wilted under the charge of the Norman knights. With this conquest‚ Marcus Bull argues‚ the old era of foot-soldier armies was wiped away and the new era of the horse-backed knight began. Up until the end of the thirteenth century the mass cavalry charge was the ace-card of battle. The destructive fury of a group of heavily armoured knights could break any unit. Knights lived their entire life to fight. They trained all day in the art of war and at tourney

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    Green Knight is a Middle English romance poem written by an anonymous West Midlands poet also credited with a lot of other poems written during that time. The protagonist‚ Sir Gawain‚ survives two tests: a challenge‚ which he alone without the assistance of King Arthur’s knights accepts‚ to behead the fearsome Green Knight and to let him retaliate a year later at the distant Green Chapel; and the temptation to commit adultery with the wife of Lord Bercilak--in reality the Green Knight--in whose

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    Gotham can feel a little safer‚ a little more optimistic. Look at this face‚ this is the face of Gotham’s bright future.” (Bruce Wayne) Harvey Dent‚ white knight‚ saviour and “hero” of the infamous Gotham. Batman on the other hand‚ is the Dark Knight and the troubled hero who chose his identity over the people. Many believe that the movie the Dark Knight‚ communicates to viewers the superficial perspective of Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey. However‚ Batman transcends that perspective of true heroism

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    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: * Chivalry- Code of behavior of medieval times. The theme of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight is Chivalry. This was written in dialect and said to be written by a monk‚ but author remains unknown. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ The Green Knight was a creation by Arthur’s half-sister‚ Morgan le Fay‚ the ruler of mysterious Avalon‚ to embarrass the knights of his court. The Green Knight approaches the court offering beheading games and the winnings game while

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    did you find your evidence? Question Answer Relationship—Choose one: Right There Think and Search Author and Me Gawain is said to be Arthur’s most noble and faithful knight. Would you agree or disagree with that statement? Why? Please explain your answer in detail. I agree‚ because none of the other knights would take the challenge‚ and were willing to let King Arthur do it himself‚ except Gawain‚ he stepped up and took his kings place. Right There The seduction of Gawain by Lady

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