Throughout history there has been many strong warrior classes but the strongest of all was the samurai‚ physically and mentally. These Japanese warrior fought with honor and were very tough warriors.The samurai had advanced weapons‚ powerful armor‚and intense training. First‚ the samurai created and used many different types of weapons. The samurai owned two main types of swords. Their main sword was the katana‚ a curved longsword . The curve on the sword was so when you draw it‚ you can slash
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In the traditional society of the medieval ages‚ women were considered to be inferior to men‚ thus their lives and their actions were usually determined by their father or their husband. Women were taught to be obedient and complaisant‚ and required to maintain this high standard of behaviour throughout their lives. However‚ in certain medieval romances it is the female character that takes an active role in shaping the plot and becomes the protagonist rather than existing as a passive being. Marie
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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Chapter 1: Arthur and Merlin Read by Nathalie Drasse This very old story begins with Uther‚ a great king. He was a good man and he was king in the south of Britain. Other places were very dangerous at that time‚ but people did not fight in Uther’s country. Uther loved a beautiful woman‚ Igraine‚ and he wanted to marry her. But she did not love him and he was very sad about that. Merlin was a very clever man and he knew a lot of magic. He could change
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Western Civilization Medieval Chivalry and Knighthood During medieval times knighthood was a class culture‚ cherished and jealousy guarded by the knightly caste. Knight had the honor of defending the king as well as their country. On the bloody fields of battle a code of chivalry evolved that tempered anger and fury with mercy. It created ways of turning the grim business of fighting into something tolerable‚ perhaps even acceptable. Chivalry was not only looked upon as a code for war; it
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The Last Samurai “The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one‚ and it would not be a wasted life” (Zwick). These are the words of Katsumoto‚ an important samurai warrior. The movie The Last Samurai directed by Edward Zwick is about an American War Captain named Nathan Algren who is hired to train‚ lead and modernize a group of Japanese soldiers to defeat a rebellion of the country’s remaining Samurai in 1876. Algren is captured by the Samurai and soon
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Thinking about the medieval times conjures up images in the brain of kings‚ castles‚ and dragons. However‚ one of the most common thoughts of a majestic man in shining armor accomplishing daring adventures‚ a knight. Becoming a knight was not an easy process‚ it required complete dedication to the craft‚ and a lifetime devotion to be a warrior. This essay takes an in-depth look at the current scholarly thoughts about the training that young children had to complete in order to become a knight‚ namely‚ being
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The commoner women of course were separated from the other students. Samurai women compared to commoners had much heavier regulations in their daily lives. As Yamakawa Kikue writes in her book Women of the Mito Domain‚ samurai women rarely left their household. Samurai women received most of their education from their fathers or female tutors. The text they had to study differed among their family situation. One of the
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Medieval Romance played a big role in idealizing Chivalry. It mostly focuses on the hero and his noble deeds. The story‚’’ Federigo’s Falcon‚’’ was written in the 1350’s in Florence‚ Italy by Giovanni Boccaccio. ’’Le Morte D’Arthur’’ was written in the1450’s in England by Sir Thomas Malory. Both Ferdrigo and Sir Lancelot have strong chivalric qualities and are seen as heroes in both but today chivalry is no longer existent due to the changes of our lifestyle. Medieval romance usually idealizes chivalry
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In the medieval period the most powerful people in the Western Europe were the great nobles kings‚ lords and the lesser nobles. They were at the top of the feudal system.Nobles had control over the knights and peasants. Kings and queens found it difficult to rule without the help of the nobles for three main reasons. Firstly they needed the force of fighting men (knights) on call if their power was threatened‚ Secondly they needed someone to travel their messages it was hard for rulers to make their
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compare and contrast the ancient japan Nobles and ancient japan Samurai . I am going to tell you how their same and different in many ways. I got my information from World History Medieval to Early Modern Times. The nobles and samurai had many similarities . One similarities is they are on the social level.Another similarity is that they both practiced Zen . My last similarity is that they both were fighters. The nobles and samurai had the same social level . They got to tell other social levels
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