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    Halfway across the world from each other, the samurai and knights lived the lives of powerful warriors. Although they had many differences, they also had many similarities. Some of these similarities and differences were found in their training, armor, and codes. Both of the knight and samurai warrior’s training began in childhood. They also both had a form of spiritual training accompanying their physical training. Another similarity was that they both showed loyalty to their masters. According

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    Many people today think of the Samurai as a stereotype of a Ninja warrior (even Teenage Mutant Turtle Ninja warriors are on television) sneaking around at night with precise sword skills. However, the samurai were a noble, well respected class of warriors who lived in feudal Japan from the 10th to the 18th century. They first began during the Heian period when the Japanese government was establishing an army of professional soldiers from 794 to 1185 and later came to power under the first Shogunate

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    Samurai Vs Knights

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    In medieval times, the Samurais and Knights lived on other sides of the world. They had some similarities and difference when it came to the class types and soldier types. They were both extremely important because of the roles that they had, they both had to protect very important individuals. This essay will focus on, the code of conduct, weapons, training, education and apprenticeship and the comparisons between the Knights and Samurais Code of conduct The Samurais Code of Conduct

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    VIKINGS VERSES SAMURAIS Who do you think would win in a battle, the small, swift Samurai or the big, ferocious Viking? It would all depend on their armour, weapons, skills and techniques and how they passed down their skills and techniques to the younger children. Both the Vikings and Samurais relied hugely on all these things and whoever had the best weapons, armour, skills and techniques would have a better chance of winning in the battle. WEAPONS In battles weapons were the most important thing

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    Knight Vs Samurai

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    The European knight and the Japanese samurai are two of the greatest soldiers in history. Both were strong, fierce, and brave warriors who were hired by lords to defend their lands. They also both lived by a code of honor which contained all of the warrior’s values and what was expected of them. Prepared from a very young age, samurai and knights were trained in many aspects such as combat, strategy, serving a lord, and honor above all else. When they entered their rank of either knight or samurai

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    The troubadours that wrote about fin’amor had a certain set of rules for writing poems, but when Chrétien de Troyes began writing, he broke those rules. Chrétien broke the rules of fin’amor to teach the readers about what true love should be using different components that were not expressed in the troubadour’s lais. Many critics wonder what these components are and why Chrétien broke the rules. Critic Kurtis Haas argues that Chrétien was not trying to teach the reader about love but write a story

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    in Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad. Although the ideals of heroism are apparent in the poem, it is important to understand how the same theme can be seen through other works of literature. The Knights Tale, which is one of the greatest stories that Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales has to offer. The Iliad and The Knights Tale are both stories that contain the ideals of heroism. In the epic poem, The Iliad, Homer was brilliant in showing the idea of traditional heroism on the battlefield. There is a clear conviction

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    Aristophanes was not a proponent of the majority of Athenian culture, as well as other aspects of Greek life as whole. He despised the political, educational, and societal views that remained persistent throughout Athens. While his plays may be comedies, he uses them in an assortment of ways. His plays are used to demonstrate a purpose far beyond that of entertainment. He uses his writing for voicing the problems that lie in Ancient culture. Aristophanes uses each play to reveal certain issues

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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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