Jousting

Whether in sculpture or in painting, Venus finds her way into countless works of art. The goddess of love, beauty, and fertility, the nude Venus is a common motif that may represent a number of ideas: chastity, the sin of sexuality, or Neo-Platonic interpretations of love. Botticelli is no stranger to the use of Venus in art; three of his paintings – Birth of Venus, Primavera, and Venus and Mars – depict Venus as the central figure. However, very little is known about the backgrounds of these…

three horses a tournament horse, a baggage horse, and a war horse (Walker 17). Knights live either on a manor or in a town. Living on a manor provided many advantages, but so did living in the city. If a knight lived in a town he would compete in jousting tournament and earn respect if he won (Macdonald 32). Knights living on a manor would keep the serfs in order and make sure…

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived (“Rhymes For Rascals”). This mnemonic device is used to remember the culmination of the six wives of King Henry VIII. Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Katherine Parr are the women who have varying personalities but share a common spouse, the short tempered tyrant, King Henry VIII. Many important facts about what kind of a person King Henry VIII was are hidden by his authoritarian regime…

Horse are useful they are used for many reasons they are used for ranching, therapy, having fun, jousting, racing, and many other things. They live in pastures Texas and other states they live horses were roaming the west lands before the pilgrims arrived when people got done working with them they set them free. Wild horse Annie act is what protected wild horses everybody wanted to kill them and slotter them until the wild horse lawn came out. Helicopters are used to gather wild horses because…

Tybalt scrambled around his house, pulling each and every book off of his shelves desperately trying to find the largest potion book he has. Even though Tybalt was a con, he stocked his house full of potion books and other magic paraphernalia, it was all for show, he had to at least look like he was a legit. When he finally comes across a dusty gem, it’s falling to bits and pieces, it’s missing pages, some stuck together, but he pulls it out and plops on the ground, he was tired of searching.…

I. Introduction A. Thesis statement: Despite the risks involved, sports—particularly dangerous ones—push us forward in unique ways, building our performance as long as we make dedicated efforts. II. Injuries of all severity happen in sports. It is almost inevitable. A. The casualties suffered from activity in sports are countless, and their causes have become innumerable, as well. B. Athletes chance injury or even death when competing in sports, but do so consciously, except in the case of…

Have you ever heard of a play called hamlet? The play hamlet is about revenge. In the play hamlet I think revenge is not justified because Claudius dies, hamlet dies, and Claudius killed hamlets farther. My first reason why I think revenge is not justified because Claudius ends up dying at end of the story. Hamlet did end up killing Claudius but was it worth it? Claudius killed hamlet farther by pouring poison into hamlets farther ear. Claudius killed hamlets mother also at end of the story by…

In the Canterbury Tales, the reader is quickly introduced to the game of the host. The Host’s game takes place during the pilgrims’ journey to see the shrine of Thomas A. Becket, and involves each pilgrim telling their own tale in any manner they would like to give. The first tale presented to the host is the Knight’s tale. A noble tale about a wise king. Another tale offered to the host is the Pardoner’s tale. This tale was much more obscure and would require the listener to pay a much closer…

How much does anyone know about the medieval knight, falcon, or hunting? People could read all day about knight, hunting, and falcon. There is a lot of these methods of hunting are use in today's times. There is no bird of prey has shared as close a relationship with humans as falcon did. Medieval hunting where the stag, deer, hart or roebuck, boar, fox rabbits, otter, and game birds. Hunting was the key to survival in the medieval period. .The knight live by a strict code of chivalry and that…

Plate Armor and The Hundred Years War One of the first well known conflicts where chainmail, hauberks, and counter-weaponry clashed is The Hundred Years War from 1337-1453, which pitted the French against the English. With limited protection from the chainmail, the advent of plate armor began during this long series of battles, and the weapon of choice became the crossbow, which by the 15th century was made entirely of steel, increasing its power and range significantly. While historical…