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    Family Coat Of Arms

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    Throughout history men of a higher status would obtain a coat of arms. The coat of arms would symbolize the virtues of a particular family or individual. During the 1400-1500’s, the coat of arms was a symbol that was extremely important to those of gentle birth and was sometimes used to bring recognition to an individual as a gentleman. My family coat of arms represents the virtues and values that I believe my family portrays. Around my coat of arms is a silver chain encompassing it, the…

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    The definition of honor is: respect that is given to someone who is admired (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/honor). How I view honor is someone who has done that is worth recognizing. Nicolaus Copernicus was come to be known as the founder of modern astronomy, because of his contributions to the science world (http://www.famousscientists.org/nicolaus-copernicus/). Copernicus held many occupations throughout his life, including a physician, economist, astronomer, author, diplomat,…

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    An inspiration, selfless, honourable; few pilgrims can be described using these words. This pilgrim in The Canterbury Tales is a pilgrim to aspire to be like. The squire is a true knight who is an inspiration to others, a contributing member of society, and one who cares for his lady. To illustrate, the squire is “a cadet, a lad of fire,” he’s passionate and it shows. More specifically, he follows his duty as a squire and goes into battle when ordered, and he is one of the most important…

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    In the Elizabethan era, a knight was the person that fought all the wars and even kept the law and order in small towns or big kingdom. All of the knights have a big responsibility and to have help in this job, they have their gear to help them. This gear is known as armor. Most people think that armor is as simple as putting on a suit, but really it is way more complex than people think or even know. Armor isn’t exactly original, but is the aftermath of a simple yet useful vest called…

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    American actress Marilyn Monroe once said, “Respect is one of life’s greatest treasures” (par 11). In medieval times, knights were highly respected in society. These mounted warriors not only received, but rightfully deserved respect from all in society. Medieval communities were captivated by knighthood and its fearless, yet gentle soldiers. Undoubtedly, knighthood was often a common theme in literature and characterized the medieval period. In the renowned British literature classic, The…

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    samurai and knights have you ever wondered about the similarities and the differences about the samurais and the knights.well I'm going to tell you about it if you like it or not.the samurais and the knights had their similarities and their differences. they both had they both had social poison , armor and training, and honor and death. and if you want to see the difference between the samurais and the knights. you should go to my three sources. one is social poison. and honor and…

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    “The Stupid Knight”, written by Gautier le Leu, is a story about a wealthy knight who was married to a lovely maiden. After the knight had gotten married to his wife, he did not have sex with her for the first year of their marriage; so both were still virgins. One day, the wife had called to her mother to come and help her out because she wanted to know why the knight had not had sex with her yet. When the wife 's mother came to the castle, she gave the knight a run down of the anatomy of the…

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    Have you ever thought if you wanted to be a knight or a samurai? Well if you are thinking about it now I am going to give you some information on both of the groups. The samurai lived in Japan and the knights lived in castles everywhere. Samurai and knights both lived in the Middle Ages and they both had different leaders that they listened to. The samurai and the knights both had their differences and similarities but, they always have good reasons for what they were doing. In this essay I will…

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    A Knight's Tale seems some what accurate with history and the movie seems to make life as a commoner less terrible than it actually was. In the movie the commoners wore dirty clothing like the men seemed to wear dirty tunics and the women wore dirty clothing that seemed to look like a dress. They ate what seemed to be mutton, bread and some other foods. The jobs that commoners had in the movie were blacksmiths, merchants and Will's father looked like he was a weaver. Women seemed to be allowed…

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    Squire Trelawney: The New Leader of the Hispaniola Most people want a good leader but don’t know the qualities of one. The best candidate to be the leader of the Hispaniola is Squire Trelawney. The Squire has many traits that prove the evidence that he is a good leader who is the most qualified. He is honest, trustworthy, and persuasive. First, Squire Trelawney is persuasive, which will help out his crew in the future. He used his persuasion to get the Hispaniola. “I got her through my old…

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