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    thought that the location is the Green Chapel. Gawain calls‚ and the Green Knight comes out to meet him. Gawain presents his neck to the Green Knight‚ and the knight fakes two blows. On the first one‚ Gawain flinches‚ and the knight makes fun of him for it. Gawain swears he will not flinch when the next blow is given. The Green Knight swings again and stops when Gawain doesn’t flinch to compliment his bravery. When the knight swings for the third time‚ he nicks Gawain on the neck and barely draws blood

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    A great example of the knighthood is the title or the status of a knight. The “man” that gets to be known as a knight is someone that will serve his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor. The ideal Christian knight as defined by Sir Gawain and the Green Knight would have to live up to the code of “chivalry”. Although…“throughout Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Knights‚ more specifically‚ of the Round Table‚ are depicted as the heroic‚ noble‚ almost god-like protectors of Camelot.” (bukisa

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    After learning about a multitude of different trauma types and responses to trauma‚ I do not think I have heard any story comparable to that of Michelle Knight‚ author of Finding Me—an incredibly inspiring narrative capturing the horrific details of her kidnapping and subsequent torture for over a decade. Despite the very deep physical and emotional scars Ariel Castro inflicted on Michelle (and the other two women who were kidnapped)‚ she transformed her experiences into this fantastic piece of writing

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    The First Crusade 1095-1100 1. The crusading movement was a significant event in the history of medieval Europe. They opened an era in which Western Europe came into direct contact with the great trade routes that united the civilizations of Eurasia For the first time since the fall of the Roman empire‚ western Europe was not isolated‚ but a part of a greater world. Many things flowed along these trade routes. Some were good‚ such as paper‚ the compass‚ medicines and spices‚ new crops and advances

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    Samurai and knights have been around for more than a thousand years‚ and both share many similarities. However‚ their perspectives of death and their loyalty to their masters show that there are more differences than there are similarities between the two warriors. First of all‚ the samurai’s loyalty to their master was different than the knight’s. For example‚ in document B by Catharina Blomberg‚ she stated that “loyalty towards the feudal lord in Japan was hereditary…” This means that the duty

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    In the Middle Ages the Medieval Knights did some hard and easy tasks/challenges. The Medieval Knights had to learn how fight and go to war‚ but the war was extremely violent in the European countries. Some hard tasks/challenges that the Medieval Knight had was enhancing skills for the war‚ like 2-handed sword‚ battle axe‚ mace‚ dagger‚ and lance. The Knight was expected to stand guard at the castle‚ and support the lord in the Medieval warfare. There are some Knights that rode horses and their horses

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    If Knights and Samurai were going to engage in battle‚ who would win? Imagine yourself as a Samurai‚ you are in the middle of defeating the European knights who are covered in plated armor. You begin to worry but then‚ you win‚ these are the reasons why a Samurai is better than a knight. Feudalism in Europe and Japan were both very similar. They both has rulers‚ and they both had rulers who hired nobles‚ and they both had nobles who hired landowners‚ and they both had landowners who hired warriors

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    someone else. In the story of The Wife’s Bath’s Tale the knight raped the young lady. in the text it says “By very force he took her maidenhead” (Chaucer 34). This was an awful act that the knight made. The knight did not care that he harmed or hurt the girl. At this time in the knight’s life the knight did not care for women. He made a rough time for someone else. The king wanted to take his head. The queen instead had a different plan for the knight she told him “ Yet you shall live if you can answer

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    require truth to function well? Truth is not always easy to find. Likewise in the medieval period‚ truth was overpowered by corruption. Similarly in the literature of the mediaeval period‚ Piers Plowman‚ The Canterbury Tales and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ one can find some examples of truth overpowered by corruption. Therefore‚ truth is concealed by falsehood and is only reveled through the words of the authors of these works. In Piers Plowman‚ the church is corrupted because of the bad deeds of

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    their kingdom‚ knights have always been feared by their enemies. (BS-1) The training to become a knight and all the other activities he engaged in were very hard and required a lot of training. (BS-2) Feudalism and manorialism benefited knights‚ by giving them food and land in return for loyalty and protection. (BS-3) Feudalism also enabled the kingdom to build a functioning military. (BS-4) Lastly the church adapted and used the great chain of being to their advantage. (TS) Knight would affect feudalism

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