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    Life during the medieval period was either great or very difficult. This depended on a person's family history and their classification. Ruling, clergy, middle, and peasant were the four main types of classifications during the medieval times. People in the ruling and the clergy class usually had the best of everything, so their lives were great. Life was very difficult for the middle- class people and the peasants. Most of them did not have much at all. Many peasants would go days without…

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    jousting tournaments spread quickly all over Europe from its place of origination in France. Jousting was important in history, it was played as a tournament, and required various kinds of equipment to be played (“Jousting”). First, jousting was important in history. Jousting was founded in France and the first…

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    As a knight, Perceval was well aware there were hard rules and soft rules when it came to knighthood. Hard rules were those outlined in the Knight’s Code, those of honor, chivalry, and dedication, and those had to be adhered to unfailingly. But, over time, knights had created soft rules, ones about how to manage families and friendships. And the first soft rule was that when it came to a knight’s wife, he never expressed nerves or doubt about an impending battle, and he did not breathe a word…

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    influenced by the Medieval tournaments in all aspects of daily life. Medieval tournaments were a source of entertainment for all people in the society regardless of status. A Medieval Tournament was a series of mounted and protected battles, battled as challenges, in which many soldiers contend and the one that wins through the last round or that completes with the best record is pronounced the champ and is honored the prize. (Ancientfortresses.org) Medieval Tournaments brought life to the…

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    When you think of a warrior, you think of someone who is brave, strong, and dressed in full, heavy armor. You think of someone who is determined and ready to go out and defeat anyone to protect their liberties. In Canterbury Tales, Chaucer describes a medieval knight as someone who overcomes many obstacles in order to become the warrior he is. Knights are a part of the medieval times, and no other name but “knight” can be used to identify them. To become a knight, you had to begin training…

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    ones are its steadfastness to the master, and to safeguard the congregation. In medieval Europe, knights were warriors who served a master or vassal. They excessively took after a code of conduct, called Chivalry. The fundamental components of gallantry were bravery in fight, unwaveringness to ruler, liberality to weak, protect the congregation, and to champion a woman. Albeit there are numerous components, the fundamental ones are its steadfastness to the master, and to safeguard the…

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    Jousting Research Paper

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    There are different types of matches in jousting; each is different in a way. For example, a Grand Tournament takes place over one week and involves as many as sixty-four competitors. During the first four days, the competitors compete in ten random matches. (Fallows 209) The top thirty-two jousters are permitted to enter the next stage of the tournament. In this stage, the rules are elimination tournament style rules until the semi-finals and finals. A random match lasts 4 rounds. Unhorsing the…

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    admirable rivalry between two tennis players due to the fact that they are sisters. These tennis godesses played each other 24 times, Serena taking the lead by 14-10 over her sister. Eight of their confrontations came in the finals of Grand Slam tournaments and Serena leads here as well by having six wins over Venus. Venus was the number one ranked player in February 2002 and…

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    …….The knight lite of the past…… It was the duty of a Middle Ages Knight to learn how to fight and so serve their liege Lord according to the Code of Chivalry. Under their armor, the knights wore padding to ease the pain of wearing such heavy metal. In the early years, knights wore chainmail. These were metal chains linked together. It took about five years to make body armor out of mail. The covering for their chests and arms weighed between 20 and 30 pounds and sometimes had up to 200,000…

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    The Time I Got Stitches The worst thing that’s happened to me in my life was the time I had to get stitches. It was the summer of 2012. The weather was warm, but the wind was blazing. My cousin and I, who happened to live next door to each other in our old apartments were playing volleyball in the middle of the street, while our family were in the house hanging out. The ball we used was not hard so it could move with the wind. There were another set of apartments which everyone called the…

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