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    had long been schooled in. In the past, it was the women and clergy who had been taught to read and write, as there had not been much importance for it during the days of wars and political unrest. "For the master of the court, his function as knight and military leader was still the primary one; his education too was that of a warrior centered upon the wielding of arms. For just this reason the women surpassed him in the sphere of peaceful society." (Page 326-7.) At the end of the Middle

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    Michaelmas Every year, on the colorful fall day of September 29th, Sacramento Waldorf School hosts a festival where good triumphs and evil parishes. Young girls and boys eagerly dress up as knights, to help Saint George and Saint Michael conquer and tame the malicious dragon, through good actions and deeds. Along with fun activities, caramel apples, and motivating spirit, Michaelmas is a special way to prepare students for the challenging academic year ahead. Michaelmas is a whole school event,

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    A knight is a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor. They were well-trained fighters, “knights were military retainers, often of humble means, but defined by their military vocation and their ability rather than any lineages”( Richard). They surfaced in the Middle Ages because it was a time when Lords needed protections along with their territories. To become a knight was not easy there were many steps towards fulfilling knighthood. Not only did it take years of training

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    History allows people to look back on the mistakes and victories of people in past times. Throughout studying the first half of western civilizations, it is easy to extract several key learning principles for the Christian life. All of these principles have to do with the way a Christian should live their life. From the readings and discussions, I was reminded of how we should live our lives by viewing all people as God would view them, with radical faith, intention, humility, and commitment. Christian

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    codes in everyday circumstances. Being honorable is difficult sin a world where honorable behavior, contrary to Appiah’s belief, is not actually standard behavior. For example, a student witnesses two bullies harassing another student and steps in to stop them. While this might be fairly standard honorable behavior, that does not mean the student shouldn’t feel proud of their actions and the courage they took. The pride doesn’t detract from the previously honorable actions. In his argument, Appiah seems

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    Dbq Samurai Knights

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    Samurai of medieval Japan and the Knights of medieval Europe, especially considering their training,armor, and codes. For example document A and B discuss the Training about the knights and armor. The first similarity is that they both started their training when they were young and also, they were spiritual. A couple of the Samurais differences is that they wrote poetry secretly and, “became Samurai in a ceremony called genpuku live according to Bushido.”The Knights differences in is that, “pages become

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    samurai and a knight are fighting one on one in Japan, each defending their nobles. Each warrior was part of a political system which connected Japanese warriors and European warriors were feudalism. Feudalism was an economic system in which the nobles provide integrity and protection to the lords while the lords give land to the nobles. Nobles trained Japanese warriors, or a samurai, in return for protection and faithfulness. Nobles trained European warriors also known as a knight. Knights also have

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    Siege In The Middle Ages

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    In a picture there's a castle being surrounded by an army of knights. There is also a bunch of food and swords left outside of the castle. People are also really hungry and mad . All the knights are fighting all the people that want to go inside the castle and that want to eat . This is one fact about siege it began in sep.08,1941 it is a very big place with a lot of castles . This is another fact about siege has a big army and has a lot of military getting ready for war . If I was with the

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    Samurai and knights always battling out in the battlefield. During this time both knights and samurai were fighting for protection. Both were developing codes such as Chivalry and Bushido. Both had a some sort of leader weather it's a shogun or a pope. Some historians will argue that samurai and knights are more different than similar, but they are more similar than different. The samurai and knights were more similar than different because they had similar armor and they had the same type of

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    Samurai and Knights Were the similarities greater than the differences? Similarities between samurai and knights were greater than the differences. They both fought for land. They both were very brave warriors. They both were loyal to their lords. They both fought to defend their families. They both were well trained fighters. And they both followed the code of honor. The characteristics of the samurai followed the code of conduct known as Bushido

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